Clairton El Sch

As a close-knit K-5 school in Clairton, Pennsylvania, Clairton El Sch caters to 348 students from grades K through 5, operated by Clairton City SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Clairton El Sch sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Clairton El Sch is one of 2 schools operated by Clairton City SD, a district that educates 755 students overall.

Demographically, Clairton El Sch reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 11% White, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Clairton El Sch has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 112% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Allegheny County shows median household earnings sit near $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Clairton El Sch is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

The closest other public school is Clairton MS/HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clairton El Sch.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 419 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 19% to 11%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.