Clairton MS/HS

As a modestly sized senior high in Clairton, Pennsylvania, Clairton MS/HS educates 407 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by Clairton City SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Clairton MS/HS sits 45% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Clairton City SD (755 students total), Clairton MS/HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Clairton MS/HS lists that Black students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder breaks down as 15% White, 11% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 103% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clairton MS/HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 17.6%, a residual of -15.7 points.

In the broader community, Allegheny County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Clairton MS/HS is one.

The closest other public school is Clairton El Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clairton MS/HS. On composite proficiency, Clairton MS/HS comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Clairton MS/HS's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 356 (now 407). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Clairton MS/HS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.