Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917000351
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5
201 S Graham St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 · (412) 529-2010 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
14.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
268 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 | 96 | 29% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 96% larger than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
56%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
83.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.3% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 61.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Montessori K-5
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 this school | 332 | 80.7% | 73.5% |
| Elroy Avenue Elementary School Pittsburgh | 270 | 86.3% | 45.5% |
| Trinity West Elementary School Washington | 303 | 81.2% | 60.4% |
| Pittsburgh Greenfield K-8 Pittsburgh | 396 | 91.7% | 59.1% |
| Clearview Elementary School Hanover | 230 | 84.8% | 56.1% |
| Robert Reid Elementary School Middletown | 410 | 71.5% | 51.4% |
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 Montessori K-5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #225 of 1,396 | #53 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #275 of 1,511 ▲ 172 | #54 of 141 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #36 of 1,511 ▲ 194 | #14 of 141 ▲ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #1,132 of 1,638 | #95 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,220 of 1,528 | #110 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #428 of 1,531 | #43 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #698 of 1,600 | #74 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.5% | #153 of 450 | #25 of 63 |
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
332
+29 (+10%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 196
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 332 | 22.5 | 14.8:1 | 81% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 22.7 | 14.9:1 | 79% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 21.3 | 15.2:1 | 81% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 88% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 22.2 | 13.3:1 | 29% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 21 | 16.6:1 | 35% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 42% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 229 | 14 | 16.4:1 | 34% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 196 | 9 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Montessori K-5.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (295 to 332); teachers up 1% (22.2 to 22.5).
About Pittsburgh Montessori K-5
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 is a small elementary school in Pittsburgh SD, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 332 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 is run by Pittsburgh SD, whose 56 schools enroll 19,211 students.
At Pittsburgh Montessori K-5, White students make up 64% of the student body. It is also 13% Black, 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Allegheny County is roughly 76% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The lunch program counts 81% of students at Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Allegheny County average 54%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 is 43.0%. It actually posts 73.5%, which is 30.5 points higher and in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Allegheny County has about 1,238,177 residents, and the median household income is $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Allegheny County has 277 public schools and roughly 141,392 students.
Pittsburgh Liberty K-5 is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 39.6% proficiency; Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 posts 73.5%.
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 332, a 10% increase from 303 in 2020-21.
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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 Montessori K-5How many students attend Pittsburgh Montessori K-5?
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 enrolls approximately 332 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pittsburgh Montessori K-5?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Pittsburgh Montessori K-5.
How diverse is Pittsburgh Montessori K-5?
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 reports a student body of 64% White, 7% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 in?
Pittsburgh Montessori K-5 is part of Pittsburgh SD.
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