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Alumni: what's one memory from Pittsburgh Brashear HS that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
897
High
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917006915
Pittsburgh Brashear High School
590 Crane Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15216 · (412) 529-7300 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL897 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
922 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 229 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 243 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 216 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 209 | 23% |
Student demographics
72%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
35.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
16.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 10.2% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Pittsburgh Brashear High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #523 of 576 | #41 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #523 of 626 ▲ 34 | #40 of 53 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #536 of 626 ▼ 25 | #40 of 53 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 897 | #210 of 713 | #23 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #63 of 601 | #9 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #17 of 604 | #1 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #65 of 619 | #11 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #25 of 373 | #5 of 29 |
Ranked against other public high 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
897
-282 (-24%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,448
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 897 | 81.2 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 922 | 85.5 | 10.8:1 | 100% (922) |
| 2022-23 | 996 | 92.1 | 10.8:1 | 100% (995) |
| 2020-21 | 1,179 | 100 | 11.8:1 | 100% (1,178) |
| 2017-18 | 1,217 | 103 | 11.8:1 | 69% (844) |
| 2015-16 | 1,273 | 100 | 12.7:1 | 69% (879) |
| 2010-11 | 1,267 | 83 | 15.3:1 | 58% (739) |
| 2000-01 | 1,270 | 83 | 15.3:1 | 36% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 1,448 | 97 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Brashear High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,217 to 897); teachers down 21% (103 to 81.2).
About Pittsburgh Brashear High School
Pittsburgh Brashear High School is a medium-sized high school that serves part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 897 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 22% higher.
Pittsburgh Brashear High School is run by Pittsburgh SD, whose 56 schools enroll 19,211 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Pittsburgh Brashear High School. The largest is Black students, at 42%. Smaller groups are 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Allegheny County is roughly 13% Black. Pittsburgh Brashear High School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.0:1, with 81.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
allk12 grades Pittsburgh Brashear High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Pittsburgh Brashear High School are 11.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (21.8% actual, 33.5% predicted).
In the county around the school, Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Allegheny County is home to 277 public schools and about 141,392 public school students.
Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Pittsburgh Brashear High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Pittsburgh Brashear High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Pittsburgh Brashear High School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment is down 24% from 2020-21, when Pittsburgh Brashear High School had 1,179 students, to 2024-25, when it had 897.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Brashear High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pittsburgh Brashear High School?
Pittsburgh Brashear High School enrolls approximately 897 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Pittsburgh Brashear High School serve?
Pittsburgh Brashear High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Brashear High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Brashear High School is approximately 11.0:1 (81 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pittsburgh Brashear High School?
Pittsburgh Brashear High School reports a student body of 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 42% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Pittsburgh Brashear High School?
Pittsburgh Brashear High School is overseen by Pittsburgh SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.