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What's the one class at Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 every student should take?
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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917000326
Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8
1550 Breining St, Pittsburgh, PA 15226 · (412) 529-7760 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
555 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 23% larger than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
68%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
45.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
31.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 28.3% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Carmalt K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #1,082 of 1,396 | #93 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #1,133 of 1,511 ▲ 21 | #100 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #870 of 1,511 ▲ 196 | #88 of 141 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #400 of 1,638 | #27 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,146 of 1,528 | #101 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #130 of 1,531 | #11 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #237 of 1,600 | #22 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #1,028 of 1,045 | #71 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
547
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 547 | 38.1 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 39.5 | 14.3:1 | 98% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 39.8 | 14.0:1 | 98% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 97% (565) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 38.5 | 14.3:1 | 63% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 62% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 64% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 50 | 17.2:1 | 54% (462) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 34 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (550 to 547); teachers down 1% (38.5 to 38.1).
About Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8
Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 is an elementary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. Enrollment totals 547 students across pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 23% bigger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh SD is responsible for 56 schools, Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 included, with 19,211 students in all.
No group is above 50% at Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8; the largest is Black, at 40%. It is also 37% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. Allegheny County's residents are about 13% Black, 27 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
On staff are 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here.
Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8's results are 4.5 points above predicted: 38.6% against 34.1%.
The county, Allegheny County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 277 public schools and about 141,392 students.
Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 is about 1.0 miles from Pittsburgh Carrick High School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 13.2 in 2020-21 to 14.4 in 2024-25.
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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
Quick facts
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- Pittsburgh Carrick High School1.0 mi · 515
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- Pittsburgh South Brook 6-81.1 mi · 242
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Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8How many students attend Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8?
Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 enrolls approximately 547 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 serve?
Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 is approximately 14.4:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8?
At Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8, the student body is approximately 37% White, 4% Hispanic, 40% Black, 6% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 public or private?
Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pittsburgh SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.