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McIntyre El Sch
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About McIntyre El Sch
Located at 200 McIntyre Rd, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, McIntyre El Sch is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that instructs 594 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within North Hills SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 34% larger than typical.
McIntyre El Sch is one of 6 schools operated by North Hills SD, a district that instructs 4,627 students overall.
Looking at the student body, McIntyre El Sch shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.
After controlling for student poverty, McIntyre El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.6%, the actual is 67.9%, a residual of +1.3 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Allegheny County shows 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 McIntyre El Sch is one.
Nearest neighbor: Peebles El Sch, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McIntyre El Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 75.2%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 608 students in 2018 compared to 594 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 82% to 66%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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