Highcliff El Sch

Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Highcliff El Sch is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, part of North Hills SD. It works with 519 students across grades K through 5.

Within North Hills SD, which oversees 6 schools and 4,627 students, Highcliff El Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Highcliff El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder breaks down as 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 32% 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.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Highcliff El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.1%, the actual is 68.3%, a residual of +4.2 points.

In the area at large, Allegheny County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Highcliff El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is West View El Sch, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highcliff El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highcliff El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 57.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 617 students in 2018 compared to 519 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 87% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.