Elizabeth Forward SHS

Elizabeth Forward SHS is a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, part of Elizabeth Forward SD. The school teaches 763 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Elizabeth Forward SD, which oversees 6 schools and 2,293 students, Elizabeth Forward SHS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Elizabeth Forward SHS records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder looks like 4% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Elizabeth Forward SHS has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Elizabeth Forward SHS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elizabeth Forward SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.3%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of -1.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Allegheny County shows median household income runs about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Elizabeth Forward SHS is one campus in the mix.

Elizabeth Forward MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elizabeth Forward SHS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elizabeth Forward SHS has increased 6%, going from 720 students in 2018 to 763 in 2025.

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