Duquesne El Sch

Located at 300 Kennedy Avenue, in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Duquesne El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that enrolls 460 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Duquesne City SD.

Duquesne El Sch sits inside Duquesne City SD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Duquesne El Sch records that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 20% White, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Duquesne El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Duquesne El Sch is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.0%; Duquesne El Sch posts 12.6%, -23.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Allegheny County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Duquesne El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Mifflin Area MS, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Duquesne El Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.6%.

Duquesne El Sch operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 40%: 328 students in 2018 compared to 460 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 76% to 60%. Class-load math has fell: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.