Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT LEBANON SD·NCES 421611000247
Markham Elementary School
165 Crescent Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15228 · (412) 344-2152 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
31 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
82.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
83.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.9% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 81.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
83.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Markham Elementary School
Markham Elementary School's state test result (83.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markham Elementary School this school | 296 | 10.5% | 83.6% |
| George Washington Elementary School Bethel Park | 313 | 9.3% | 78.7% |
| Poff Elementary School Gibsonia | 282 | 14.5% | 92.0% |
| South Abington School Chinchilla | 301 | 7.3% | 69.0% |
| Gray's Woods Elementary School Port Matilda | 356 | 11.5% | 66.2% |
| Linden Elementary School Doylestown | 353 | 10.2% | 74.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Markham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #57 of 1,396 | #23 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #66 of 1,511 ▲ 2 | #26 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #40 of 1,511 ▲ 78 | #17 of 141 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #1,262 of 1,638 | #111 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,107 of 1,528 | #99 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #1,125 of 1,531 | #124 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.5% | #1,560 of 1,600 | #141 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #689 of 1,045 | #44 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
296
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 296 | 20.9 | 14.2:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 21.8 | 14.3:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 21.4 | 14.0:1 | 7% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 21.1 | 15.4:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 4% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 24 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Markham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (326 to 296); teachers down 1% (21.1 to 20.9).
About Markham Elementary School
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is home to Markham Elementary School, a small elementary school. It educates 296 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 33% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Markham Elementary School is a school in Mt Lebanon SD. The district has 10 schools and 5,477 students.
White students are the large majority at Markham Elementary School, with 88% of enrollment. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 76% of Allegheny County residents are White. Markham Elementary School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.2 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 10% of students. It compares with 54% for public schools in Allegheny County.
Markham Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Markham Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 83.6%, compared with a predicted 73.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Allegheny County census figures show that median household income is about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Markham Elementary School is among the 277 public schools in Allegheny County.
The nearest public school is Mt Lebanon SHS, at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Markham Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 305 in 2020-21 and 296 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mt Lebanon SD
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Mellon Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Howe Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Other Markham Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Markham Elementary. Markham Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Markham Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 341 students
- Markham ElementaryOakland, CA · 327 students
- Markham Elementary SchoolMARKHAM, TX · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Mt Lebanon SHS0.6 mi · 1,772
- Foster Elementary School0.9 mi · 304
- Hoover Elementary School0.9 mi · 285
- Mellon Middle School0.9 mi · 661
- Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 416
- Fort Couch Middle School1.0 mi · 647
Frequently asked questions
About Markham Elementary SchoolHow large is Markham Elementary School?
Markham Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Markham Elementary School serve?
Markham Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Markham Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Markham Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Markham Elementary School?
Markham Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Markham Elementary School?
Markham Elementary School is overseen by Mt Lebanon SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.