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Enrollment
1,228
Elementary
DISTRICT 968 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN HILLS SD·NCES 421859007532
Penn Hills Elementary School
1079 Jefferson Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 · (412) 793-7000 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,228 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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
14.0:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
1,238 students
DISTRICT 103% · 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 | 196 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 203 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 193 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 231 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 189 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 216 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (196) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (216).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Penn Hills SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
27.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
24.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.1% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 22.4% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Penn Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #1,135 of 1,396 | #99 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,228 of 1,511 ▲ 2 | #110 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,252 of 1,511 ▼ 38 | #115 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,228 | #14 of 1,638 | #2 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,065 of 1,528 | #94 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #314 of 1,531 | #32 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #264 of 1,600 | #25 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #1,045 of 1,045 | #73 of 73 |
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
1,228
-103 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 1,228 | 87.8 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 1,238 | 93.5 | 13.2:1 | 100% (1,238) |
| 2022-23 | 1,279 | 93.5 | 13.7:1 | 100% (1,278) |
| 2020-21 | 1,331 | 79 | 16.9:1 | 100% (1,330) |
| 2017-18 | 1,229 | 81.5 | 15.1:1 | 100% (1,223) |
| 2015-16 | 1,367 | 96 | 14.2:1 | 73% (996) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penn Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,229 to 1,228); teachers up 8% (81.5 to 87.8).
About Penn Hills Elementary School
Families in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are served by Penn Hills Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 1,228 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Penn Hills SD serves 2,903 students across 3 schools.
Roughly 57% of students at Penn Hills Elementary School are Black. Other groups make up 23% White, 11% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 13% of Allegheny County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 87.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.0:1. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
allk12 grades Penn Hills Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Penn Hills Elementary School is 1.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (33.2% versus 34.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Penn Hills Elementary School is located in Allegheny County, where the median household income is $78,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Penn Hills Elementary School, Allegheny County has 276 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Penn Hills SHS, is about 1.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Penn Hills Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Penn Hills Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 103 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.0:1.
Community posts for Penn Hills Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other schools in Penn Hills SD
- Penn Hills SHSHigh · 1,049 students
- Linton Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Penn Hills SHS1.2 mi · 1,049
- Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship1.7 mi · 527
- Life Male STEAM Academy CS1.7 mi · 101
- Wilkins El STEAM Academy1.8 mi · 447
- Evergreen Elementary School1.8 mi · 317
- Linton Middle School2.2 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Penn Hills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Penn Hills Elementary School?
Penn Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,228 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Penn Hills Elementary School serve?
Penn Hills Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Penn Hills Elementary School have?
Penn Hills Elementary School employs 88 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Penn Hills Elementary School?
Penn Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 23% White, 7% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Penn Hills Elementary School public or private?
Penn Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Penn Hills SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.