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Osborne Elementary School

1414 Beaver St, Sewickley, PA 15143 · (412) 749-4003 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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

Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
98 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7619%
Grade 15714%
Grade 26216%
Grade 36717%
Grade 47318%
Grade 56216%

This year's kindergarten class (76) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (62).

Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
32983%
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
195%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
144%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
328%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
21153%
Female
18647%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Osborne Elementary School→Quaker Valley Middle School→Quaker Valley High School
Based on grade levels within Quaker Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
72.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
78.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.8pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2572.2%78.6%
2023-2479.6%79.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 79% 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%.

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 Osborne Elementary School

Osborne Elementary School's state test result (79.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Osborne Elementary School this school39724.7%79.1%
Edgeworth Elementary School
Sewickley
41222.8%81.1%
Scott Primary School
Glenshaw
39428.4%81.5%
Stewartsville Elementary School
North Huntingdon
42227.0%78.5%
College Square Elementary School
Beaver
40028.5%N/A
Dillsburg Elementary School
Dillsburg
44024.8%71.4%
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 Osborne Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Allegheny County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
79.1%#123 of 1,396#40 of 129
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
78.6%#132 of 1,511
▼ 39
#40 of 141
▼ 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
72.2%#176 of 1,511
▼ 51
#43 of 141
▼ 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
397#899 of 1,638#62 of 156
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.6:1#946 of 1,528#82 of 141
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
30.3%#975 of 1,531#103 of 141
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
24.7%#1,395 of 1,600#114 of 152
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.6%#368 of 450#51 of 63
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 2024-25
Enrollment
397
0 (0%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2539729.313.6:125% (98)
2023-2436630.811.9:127% (98)
2022-2339432.512.1:122% (86)
2020-213973511.3:118% (71)
2017-1838728.513.6:122% (85)
2015-163672813.1:124% (87)
2010-114123113.3:119% (78)
2000-013562315.5:115% (54)
1990-914672518.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Osborne Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students up 3% (387 to 397); teachers up 3% (28.5 to 29.3).

About Osborne Elementary School

Osborne Elementary School is an elementary school in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, reachable at (412) 749-4003. A federal count lists 397 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.

Federal data list 4 schools in Quaker Valley SD, with 1,784 students enrolled.

About 83% of the student body at Osborne Elementary School is White. Other students are 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Dividing enrollment by its 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.6:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligible students account for 25% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.

allk12 grades Osborne Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Osborne Elementary School's results are 12.1 points above predicted: 79.1% against 67.0%.

Census Bureau estimates for Allegheny County show that the median household income is $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Osborne Elementary School is one of 277 public schools in the county.

Quaker Valley Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Osborne Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Osborne Elementary School had 397 students in 2020-21 and 397 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.3:1 to 13.6:1.

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Allegheny County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Osborne Elementary School
District
Quaker Valley SD
Address
1414 Beaver St, Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone
(412) 749-4003
County
Allegheny County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
397
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
13.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
98 (25%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
421986006852
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Osborne Elementary schools

2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Osborne Elementary. Osborne Elementary School is the largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Osborne Elementary School
How many students attend Osborne Elementary School?
Osborne Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Osborne Elementary School serve?
Osborne Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Osborne Elementary School have?
Osborne Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Osborne Elementary School?
Student demographics at Osborne Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Osborne Elementary School in?
Osborne Elementary School is part of Quaker Valley SD.
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