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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Pittsburgh Morrow K-8?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917000365
Pittsburgh Morrow K-8
1611 Davis Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 · (412) 529-6600 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
494 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 50 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 54% larger than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
49%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
15.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
6.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.7% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.2% | 7.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #1,341 of 1,396 | #123 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #1,469 of 1,511 ▼ 32 | #137 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #1,420 of 1,511 ▲ 15 | #135 of 141 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #569 of 1,638 | #36 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #919 of 1,528 | #80 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #563 of 1,531 | #59 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #232 of 1,600 | #21 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #386 of 1,045 | #27 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
486
-102 (-17%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 486 | 36 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 37.2 | 13.3:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 43.9 | 11.6:1 | 98% (500) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 47 | 12.5:1 | 99% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 83% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 67% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 87% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 329 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 57% (186) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 22 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Morrow K-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (585 to 486); teachers down 20% (45 to 36).
About Pittsburgh Morrow K-8
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is an elementary school. It serves 486 students in pre-K through 8.
Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is one school in a 56-school district, Pittsburgh SD, which enrolls 19,211 students.
At 69%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 combined. Other students are 14% multiracial, 13% White, and 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County residents are about 13% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 counts 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.5 students for each one. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1.
The allk12 Grade for Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is D. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 19.6 points below it (14.4% actual, 34.0% predicted).
Federal survey data for Allegheny County show that median household income is about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is among the 277 public schools in Allegheny County.
The nearest other public school, Bellevue Elementary School, is about 1.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pittsburgh Morrow K-8. By average proficiency, Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is 4th among 5 schools close by.
Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 588 in 2020-21 and 486 in 2024-25, a decrease of 102 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Pittsburgh Morrow K-8. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Bellevue Elementary School1.3 mi · 348
- Pittsburgh Perry High School1.3 mi · 430
- David B. Oliver Citywide Academy1.4 mi · 48
- Pittsburgh Manchester K-81.8 mi · 159
- Propel CS-Northside1.9 mi · 316
- Manchester Academic CS1.9 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Morrow K-8How large is Pittsburgh Morrow K-8?
Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-08.
Is Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Morrow K-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is approximately 13.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pittsburgh Morrow K-8?
Student demographics at Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 are roughly 13% White, 3% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 in?
Pittsburgh Morrow K-8 is part of Pittsburgh SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.