Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT LEBANON SD·NCES 421611000249
Foster Elementary School
700 Vermont Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15234 · (412) 344-2162 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
37 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
79.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 79.4% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 81.0% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Foster Elementary School
Foster Elementary School's state test result (81.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Elementary School this school | 304 | 12.2% | 81.5% |
| Ferguson Twp Elementary School Pine Grove Mills | 287 | 15.3% | 80.8% |
| Hosack Elementary School Allison Park | 348 | 11.2% | 91.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Pittsburgh | 310 | 13.2% | 83.7% |
| Bradford Woods Elementary School Bradford Woods | 343 | 8.5% | 91.0% |
| Ingomar Elementary School Pittsburgh | 344 | 8.7% | 83.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Foster Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #84 of 1,396 | #28 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #120 of 1,511 ▼ 50 | #36 of 141 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #134 of 1,511 ▼ 76 | #37 of 141 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #1,235 of 1,638 | #108 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,148 of 1,528 | #102 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #773 of 1,531 | #79 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.2% | #1,538 of 1,600 | #135 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.7% | #50 of 450 | #11 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
304
+52 (+21%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 304 | 21.2 | 14.4:1 | 12% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 20.9 | 14.1:1 | 13% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 21.9 | 13.2:1 | 12% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 11% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 19.3 | 12.4:1 | 14% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 19 | 13.8:1 | 9% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 17 | 15.9:1 | 3% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 22 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foster Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (240 to 304); teachers up 10% (19.3 to 21.2).
About Foster Elementary School
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of Allegheny County, Foster Elementary School is an elementary school. The school counts 304 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Foster Elementary School is part of Mt Lebanon SD, where 10 schools serve 5,477 students.
White students are the majority at Foster Elementary School, with 77% of enrollment. It is also 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is close to the 76% White share among all Allegheny County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Foster Elementary School's 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 14.4:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 12%. Among public schools in Allegheny County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
allk12 grades Foster Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Foster Elementary School's results are 9.1 points above predicted: 81.5% against 72.4%.
Within Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Foster Elementary School, Allegheny County has 276 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Myrtle Ave School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 71.6%; Foster Elementary School's is 81.5%, ranking 3rd of 9.
NCES assigns Foster Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Foster Elementary School's enrollment grew 21%, to 304. Students per teacher rose from 12.6 in 2020-21 to 14.4 in 2024-25.
The Foster Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mt Lebanon SD
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Mellon Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Howe Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Other Foster Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 5 states are named Foster Elementary. Foster Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Foster Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 524 students
- Foster ElementarySan Diego, CA · 518 students
- Foster ElementaryBaldwin Park, CA · 430 students
- FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 428 students
- Foster ElementaryCompton, CA · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Myrtle Ave School0.8 mi · 312
- Markham Elementary School0.9 mi · 296
- Howe Elementary School1.0 mi · 398
- Mt Lebanon SHS1.1 mi · 1,772
- Mellon Middle School1.1 mi · 661
- Washington Elementary School1.1 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Foster Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Foster Elementary School?
Foster Elementary School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Foster Elementary School serve?
Foster Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Foster Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Foster Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Foster Elementary School?
At Foster Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Foster Elementary School?
Foster Elementary School is overseen by Mt Lebanon SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.