McKnight El Sch

Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, McKnight El Sch is a big primary school, overseen by North Allegheny SD. It instructs 875 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so McKnight El Sch sits 98% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in North Allegheny SD (8,552 students total), McKnight El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, McKnight El Sch logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Allegheny County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, McKnight El Sch lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting McKnight El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at McKnight El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, McKnight El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.1%; this one delivers 80.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Allegheny County shows median household income runs about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), McKnight El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Carson MS, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McKnight El Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McKnight El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 17%: 745 students in 2018 compared to 875 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 78% across the same window.

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