Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH ALLEGHENY SD·NCES 421701000269
Peebles Elementary School
8625 Peebles Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 · (412) 366-9667 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% 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.
- 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
15.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
48 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
82.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
75.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.2% | 75.2% |
| 2023-24 | 83.9% | 76.4% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Peebles Elementary School
Peebles Elementary School's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peebles Elementary School this school | 400 | 12.0% | 81.4% |
| Rose Tree Elementary School Media | 439 | 12.3% | 83.3% |
| Holland Elementary School Holland | 425 | 15.1% | 70.3% |
| Liberty Bell Elementary School Coopersburg | 445 | 13.0% | 82.4% |
| Maple Glen Elementary School Maple Glen | 452 | 12.2% | 84.4% |
| Streams Elementary School Pittsburgh | 468 | 10.5% | 88.7% |
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 Peebles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #86 of 1,396 | #29 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #182 of 1,511 ▼ 48 | #45 of 141 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #49 of 1,511 ▲ 15 | #19 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #883 of 1,638 | #60 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #1,317 of 1,528 | #119 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #913 of 1,531 | #96 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.0% | #1,542 of 1,600 | #137 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #209 of 450 | #35 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 2024-25Enrollment
400
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 12% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 25.8 | 15.5:1 | 12% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 27.4 | 14.6:1 | 12% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 25.4 | 14.5:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peebles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (369 to 400); teachers up 2% (25.4 to 26).
About Peebles Elementary School
Peebles Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 15237). The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 400 students.
North Allegheny SD has 11 schools and 8,552 students, and Peebles Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Peebles Elementary School, 81% of students are White. Smaller groups are 10% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for Peebles Elementary School is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Peebles Elementary School totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Peebles Elementary School is about 12%. Across public schools in Allegheny County, the average is 54%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Peebles Elementary School outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Peebles Elementary School are 8.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (81.4% actual, 72.5% predicted).
The school is in Allegheny County, where the median household earns about $78,548 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Peebles Elementary School shares Allegheny County with 276 other public schools.
The closest school to Peebles Elementary School is Hosack Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 81.4% is above the 76.1% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 419 to 400.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Peebles Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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Other Peebles Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Peebles Elementary. Peebles Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Peebles Elementary SchoolPeebles, OH · 552 students
- Peebles Elementary SchoolKILLEEN, TX · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Hosack Elementary School0.7 mi · 348
- A W Beattie Career Center1.0 mi · 7
- McKnight Elementary School1.0 mi · 875
- Carson Middle School1.1 mi · 652
- McIntyre Elementary School1.1 mi · 594
- Wyland Elementary School1.7 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Peebles Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Peebles Elementary School?
Peebles Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-05.
Is Peebles Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Peebles Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Peebles Elementary School have?
Peebles Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Peebles Elementary School?
Peebles Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Peebles Elementary School?
Peebles Elementary School is overseen by North Allegheny SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.