Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5

Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 is a compact K-5 school, overseen by Pittsburgh SD. It hosts 186 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 58% leaner than typical.

Pittsburgh SD runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 19,211 students. Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 logs that 84% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 33.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate 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%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 206 students in 2018 compared to 186 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 95% to 84% over that span.

On this page, members of the Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.