Pittsburgh Faison K-5

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Faison K-5 hosts 480 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Pittsburgh SD.

Pittsburgh SD comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 19,211 students; Pittsburgh Faison K-5 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pittsburgh Faison K-5 lists that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, Pittsburgh Faison K-5 lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 105% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pittsburgh Faison K-5 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 19.5%.

In the area at large, Allegheny County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Pittsburgh Faison K-5 is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

The closest other public school is Pittsburgh Westinghouse, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pittsburgh Faison K-5 at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 474 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 94% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 8.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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