Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917006769
Pittsburgh Arlington K-8
800 Rectenwald Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210 · (412) 529-4700 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
370 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
9.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
2.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 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 down about 3 points.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
385
+17 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.4:1
% White
17%
was 20%
% Hispanic
6%
was 2%
% Black
65%
was 65%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Pittsburgh Arlington K-8
As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 educates 385 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Pittsburgh SD.
Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 is one of 56 schools operated by Pittsburgh SD, a district that works with 19,211 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 reports that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.4%; this one comes in at 8.6%, -27.8 points off the demographic line.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) logs that median household income runs about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: The New Academy CS, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.0%.
Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 operates from a city-core location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 368 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. 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
Related schools
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Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills HSHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice HSHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area HSHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair HSHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- The New Academy CS0.5 mi · 80
- Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -50.9 mi · 278
- Pittsburgh Grandview K-51.3 mi · 195
- Pittsburgh Phillips K-51.3 mi · 233
- Pittsburgh Carrick HS1.4 mi · 515
- Pittsburgh Concord K-51.5 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Arlington K-8What is the total enrollment at Pittsburgh Arlington K-8?
Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 serve?
Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Arlington K-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 is approximately 10.4:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pittsburgh Arlington K-8?
Student demographics at Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 are roughly 17% White, 6% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 in?
Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 is part of Pittsburgh SD.
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