Linton MS

Linton MS is one of the mid-sized middle schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Penn Hills SD, with 626 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Penn Hills SD, which oversees 3 schools and 2,903 students, Linton MS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Linton MS records that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 19% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Linton MS has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 103% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Linton MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 20.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Allegheny County put 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 Linton MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Penn Hills SHS, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Linton MS at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 35%: 967 students in 2018 compared to 626 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 26% to 19%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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