Fort Couch MS

Fort Couch MS operates as an average-sized middle school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of Upper St. Clair SD. Current enrollment sits at 647 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Upper St. Clair SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,003 students; Fort Couch MS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fort Couch MS logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 13% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Allegheny County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Fort Couch MS has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 11% 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 south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Fort Couch MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.8%; this one delivers 79.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) records that median household income runs about $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Fort Couch MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Eisenhower El Sch, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fort Couch MS comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 80.3%.

Fort Couch MS operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Fort Couch MS's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 637 (now 647). White enrollment moved from 83% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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