Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12

Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 is a reasonably sized secondary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Pittsburgh SD. The school serves 840 students in grades 6 through 12.

Pittsburgh SD comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 19,211 students; Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest reads as 25% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 71.5%, a residual of +36.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household income runs about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Urban Pathways K-5 College CS, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 883 students in 2018 compared to 840 in 2025.

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