Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917006766
Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8
1290 Mifflin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15207 · (412) 529-4350 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
252 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
60%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
35.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.7% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 15.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
Schools most like Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8
Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 this school | 256 | 98.4% | 28.3% |
| Lafayette Elementary School Uniontown | 283 | 94.3% | 20.7% |
| Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 Pittsburgh | 248 | 96.8% | 32.2% |
| Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 Pittsburgh | 233 | 91.4% | 46.6% |
| Ramsey Elementary School Monroeville | 335 | 94.9% | 58.7% |
| Musser Elementary School Sharon | 324 | 97.5% | 30.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,198 of 1,396 | #111 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,266 of 1,511 ▲ 59 | #114 of 141 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,103 of 1,511 ▲ 176 | #101 of 141 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #1,389 of 1,638 | #124 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #111 of 1,528 | #13 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #316 of 1,531 | #33 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #427 of 1,600 | #37 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #372 of 1,045 | #25 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
256
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 256 | 25 | 10.2:1 | 98% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 28.2 | 9.1:1 | 98% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 24.3 | 11.2:1 | 97% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 25 | 10.3:1 | 100% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 58% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 56% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 56% (247) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (310 to 256); teachers unchanged (25 to 25).
About Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 is a small elementary school. The student body numbers 256 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
District-wide, Pittsburgh SD has 56 schools and 19,211 students.
At Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8, the largest share of students is White, at 49%. It is also 38% Black and 11% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Allegheny County is roughly 76% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1 at Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 10.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 98% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.
Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 35.4%.
Federal survey data for Allegheny County show that the median household income is $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Allegheny County is home to 277 public schools and about 141,392 public school students.
The closest other public school is Park Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 257 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 256.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8How large is Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8?
Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 enrolls approximately 256 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 serve?
Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 have?
Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
How diverse is Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8?
Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 reports a student body of 49% White, 2% Hispanic, 38% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 in?
Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 is part of Pittsburgh SD.
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