Elroy Avenue El Sch

Elroy Avenue El Sch operates as a small elementary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Brentwood Borough SD. Current enrollment sits at 270 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Within Brentwood Borough SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,106 students, Elroy Avenue El Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Elroy Avenue El Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% multiracial, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elroy Avenue El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.5%.

Around the school, census data for Allegheny County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Elroy Avenue El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Brentwood MS, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elroy Avenue El Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elroy Avenue El Sch has fell 12%, going from 308 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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