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Enrollment
527
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN HILLS CS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP·NCES 420085307381
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship
2501 Main Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 · (412) 793-6471 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.5:1
46 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
498 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 60% larger than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
44.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.1% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 22.2% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship this school | 527 | 94.5% | 35.8% |
| Sharon Hill School Sharon Hill | 552 | 96.2% | 26.9% |
| Mastery CS - Mann Campus Philadelphia | 573 | 97.7% | 24.1% |
| Mastery CS John Wister Elementary Philadelphia | 506 | 98.4% | 25.0% |
| Frederick Douglass Mastery CS Philadelphia | 528 | 99.4% | 13.6% |
| Harris School Collingdale | 715 | 96.2% | 24.0% |
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 Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,110 of 1,396 | #96 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #1,166 of 1,511 ▲ 71 | #107 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #913 of 1,511 ▲ 154 | #92 of 141 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #456 of 1,638 | #29 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #290 of 1,528 | #31 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #906 of 1,531 | #94 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #588 of 1,600 | #54 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.7% | #34 of 450 | #9 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
527
+108 (+26%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 527 | 46 | 11.5:1 | 94% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 45 | 11.1:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 38 | 11.0:1 | 100% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 99% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 99% (291) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (397 to 527); teachers up 53% (30 to 46).
About Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship is a medium-sized elementary school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 527 students, from kindergarten through 8.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
About 80% of the student body at Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship is Black. Smaller groups are 10% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 13% of Allegheny County residents are Black. Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship is 46 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.5:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school counts 498 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 94%. Public schools in Allegheny County average 54%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship's average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.8% is 1.3 points below the 37.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Allegheny County is home to 277 public schools and about 141,392 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Linton Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large. NCES lists Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship as a charter school.
The school enrolled 527 students in 2024-25, 108 more than the 419 it had in 2020-21.
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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
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- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
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- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Linton Middle School1.3 mi · 626
- Penn Hills SHS1.3 mi · 1,049
- Penn Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 1,228
- O'Block Elementary School1.8 mi · 512
- Evergreen Elementary School2.1 mi · 317
- Pivik Elementary School2.3 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Penn Hills CS of EntrepreneurshipHow many students attend Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship?
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship enrolls approximately 527 students in grades KG-08.
Is Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship an elementary, middle, or high school?
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship have?
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
How diverse is Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship?
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship reports a student body of 10% White, 3% Hispanic, 80% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship?
Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship is overseen by Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship in Allegheny County.
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