Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917000253
Pittsburgh Banksville K-5
1001 Carnahan Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15216 · (412) 529-7400 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
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.
- CBeats 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
12.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
288 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
28.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
36.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.3% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 34.3% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Pittsburgh Banksville K-5
Pittsburgh Banksville K-5's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 this school | 322 | 89.4% | 36.8% |
| Jenks Abram School Philadelphia | 278 | 91.7% | 69.9% |
| Chambers Hill Elementary School Harrisburg | 257 | 96.5% | 39.0% |
| Aronimink Elementary School Drexel Hill | 626 | 84.3% | 42.3% |
| Comly Watson School Philadelphia | 618 | 95.0% | 49.2% |
| Lawnton Elementary School Harrisburg | 310 | 91.9% | 32.2% |
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 Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #1,099 of 1,396 | #95 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,058 of 1,511 no change | #92 of 141 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,232 of 1,511 ▼ 46 | #112 of 141 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #1,164 of 1,638 | #98 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #667 of 1,528 | #57 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #25 of 1,531 | #2 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #659 of 1,600 | #69 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #986 of 1,045 | #66 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
322
+77 (+31%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 322 | 25.4 | 12.7:1 | 89% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 22.5 | 12.8:1 | 100% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 100% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 25 | 9.8:1 | 100% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 27.1 | 12.1:1 | 65% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 41% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 50% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 37% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Banksville K-5.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (327 to 322); teachers down 6% (27.1 to 25.4).
About Pittsburgh Banksville K-5
Federal records list Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 as an elementary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 322 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 27% below that mark.
Pittsburgh SD is made up of 56 schools with 19,211 students in all.
The biggest share of students at Pittsburgh Banksville K-5, 33%, is Asian. Next come 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 4% Asian among all Allegheny County residents. The diversity index for Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. The school reported 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Allegheny County average 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 lands at C, ahead of 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 is -2.5 points: 36.8% actual, 39.3% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Allegheny County, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Pittsburgh Banksville K-5, Allegheny County has 277 public schools.
Dormont Elementary School is the nearest public school to Pittsburgh Banksville K-5, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Pittsburgh Banksville K-5, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 is behind the 55.0% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 31% rise, from 245 to 322. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.8:1 to 12.7:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Pittsburgh Banksville K-5, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Banksville K-5What is the total enrollment at Pittsburgh Banksville K-5?
Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 enrolls approximately 322 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 serve?
Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pittsburgh Banksville K-5?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Pittsburgh Banksville K-5.
What is the student diversity at Pittsburgh Banksville K-5?
Student demographics at Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 are roughly 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 33% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Pittsburgh Banksville K-5?
Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 is overseen by Pittsburgh SD in Allegheny County.
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