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Environmental CS at Frick Park
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public K-12 schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 61 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 47 | 4% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 3% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 32% smaller than its 8th grade class (107).
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 72.1% | 57.5% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,073 | 97 | 11.1:1 | 35% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 1,029 | 101 | 10.2:1 | 37% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 1,020 | 98 | 10.4:1 | 33% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 965 | 66 | 14.6:1 | 33% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 57 | 11.1:1 | 23% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 58 | 10.8:1 | 30% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 38 | 10.0:1 | 28% (105) |
Since 2017-18: students up 69% (635 to 1,073); teachers up 70% (57 to 97).
About Environmental CS at Frick Park
Environmental CS at Frick Park is a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels for students in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is open to students in kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 1,073 students. By comparison, combined schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 1,819 students on average.
Environmental CS at Frick Park is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
White students are 53% of those enrolled at Environmental CS at Frick Park. Other reported shares: 30% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 76% White among all Allegheny County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Environmental CS at Frick Park are from different groups.
Teacher count: 97 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.1:1. The average for combined schools in Pennsylvania, 15.5:1, is higher. Roughly 35% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Environmental CS at Frick Park lands at A, ahead of 86% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Environmental CS at Frick Park lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.1%; the prediction is 62.5%.
In the wider Allegheny County area, 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. Across Allegheny County, 277 public schools serve about 141,392 students.
The closest school to Environmental CS at Frick Park is Kelly Primary School, located about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Environmental CS at Frick Park. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Environmental CS at Frick Park is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Environmental CS at Frick Park as City: Large. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,073, up from 965 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 14.6:1 to 11.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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