Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8

Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 is a mid-tier primary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, run under Pittsburgh SD. The school educates 547 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

Pittsburgh SD comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 19,211 students; Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 is among them.

Demographically, Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 lists that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 37% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of +4.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Allegheny County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pittsburgh Carrick HS, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8 comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 547). White enrollment moved from 43% to 37% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.