Enrollment
430
High
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917000416
Pittsburgh Perry HS
3875 Perrysville Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15214 · (412) 529-3400 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
428 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
25.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
11.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
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
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
430
-5 (-1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.8:1
% White
11%
was 12%
% Hispanic
4%
was 1%
% Black
74%
was 77%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Pittsburgh Perry HS
Pittsburgh Perry HS operates as a close-knit high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of Pittsburgh SD. Current enrollment sits at 430 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 738.
Pittsburgh SD comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 19,211 students; Pittsburgh Perry HS is among them.
On the student-mix side, Pittsburgh Perry HS logs that Black students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school reports 11% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.
With demographic context factored in, Pittsburgh Perry HS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.9%; this one comes in at 14.5%, -20.5 points off the demographic line.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household income runs about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Pittsburgh Perry HS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Pittsburgh Morrow K-8, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pittsburgh Perry HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pittsburgh Perry HS at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pittsburgh Perry HS has showed little movement, going from 435 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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- Pittsburgh Allderdice HSHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area HSHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair HSHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Pittsburgh Morrow K-81.3 mi · 486
- David B. Oliver Citywide Academy1.7 mi · 48
- Bellevue El Sch1.9 mi · 348
- Propel CS-Northside2.0 mi · 316
- Reserve Primary Sch2.2 mi · 111
- Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-52.2 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Perry HSHow many students attend Pittsburgh Perry HS?
Pittsburgh Perry HS enrolls approximately 430 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Pittsburgh Perry HS serve?
Pittsburgh Perry HS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Pittsburgh Perry HS have?
Pittsburgh Perry HS employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Pittsburgh Perry HS?
Student demographics at Pittsburgh Perry HS are roughly 11% White, 4% Hispanic, 74% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Pittsburgh Perry HS?
Pittsburgh Perry HS is overseen by Pittsburgh SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.