Jefferson El Sch

Jefferson El Sch operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, run under Mt Lebanon SD. Current enrollment sits at 310 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson El Sch shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Jefferson El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.9%; this one delivers 83.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Jefferson El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Jefferson MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 80.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Jefferson El Sch's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 310). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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