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7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Kelly Primary Sch
Kelly Primary Sch, a close-knit elementary campus in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, operated by Wilkinsburg Borough SD, hosts 276 students, covering grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Kelly Primary Sch sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.
Wilkinsburg Borough SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 476 students. Kelly Primary Sch is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Kelly Primary Sch shows that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Kelly Primary Sch lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Kelly Primary Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Allegheny County put the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Kelly Primary Sch is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Environmental CS at Frick Park, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Kelly Primary Sch operates from an outer-ring location.
Over the past 7-year window. Kelly Primary Sch's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 308 (now 276). Black enrollment moved from 91% to 74% across the same window.
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