Dormont Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
School pathway
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.7% | 78.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
Where Dormont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #109 of 1,396 | #37 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #112 of 1,511 | #35 of 141 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #119 of 1,511 | #33 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #954 of 1,638 | #73 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #188 of 1,528 | #20 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #849 of 1,531 | #90 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #189 of 450 | #28 of 63 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 380 | 34.8 | 10.9:1 | 33% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 28.6 | 12.5:1 | 36% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 25.9 | 13.5:1 | 38% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 31.4 | 11.1:1 | 33% (115) |
About Dormont Elementary School
Dormont Elementary School, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 380 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
The district, Keystone Oaks SD, operates 5 schools serving 1,911 students.
More than half of enrollment at Dormont Elementary School is White: 79%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. In Allegheny County overall, the White share is about 76%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 127 students, or 33%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Allegheny County average 54%.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Dormont Elementary School does better than predicted by 16.8 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 80.1%; the prediction is 63.3%.
In Allegheny County, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Allegheny County has 277 public schools with about 141,392 students, including Dormont Elementary School.
Lincoln Elementary School is the nearest public school to Dormont Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Dormont Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Dormont Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Dormont Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over 7 years, enrollment rose by 32 students, from 348 to 380.
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