Foster El Sch

Foster El Sch, a tight-knit elementary-level community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of Mt Lebanon SD, works with 304 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Foster El Sch is one of 10 schools operated by Mt Lebanon SD, a district that caters to 5,477 students overall.

On demographics, Foster El Sch reports that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Foster El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.4%; this one delivers 81.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Allegheny County put median household income runs about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Foster El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Myrtle Ave Sch, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Foster El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Foster El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 71.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 27%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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