Environmental CS at Frick Park

As an intimate all-grades campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Environmental CS at Frick Park serves 1,073 students from grades K through 12, overseen by Environmental CS at Frick Park. Compared to the state average of about 1,819 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

Operationally, Environmental CS at Frick Park answers to Environmental CS at Frick Park, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Environmental CS at Frick Park lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Environmental CS at Frick Park has 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Environmental CS at Frick Park tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Environmental CS at Frick Park tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) records that median household earnings sit near $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Environmental CS at Frick Park is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kelly Primary Sch, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Environmental CS at Frick Park. On composite proficiency, Environmental CS at Frick Park comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Environmental CS at Frick Park operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 69%: 635 students in 2018 compared to 1,073 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 71% to 53%.

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