Pittsburgh Phillips K-5

Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 is a primary school of modestly sized scale in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, run under Pittsburgh SD, works with 233 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 47% leaner than typical.

Pittsburgh SD comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 19,211 students; Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 is among them.

Demographically, Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 records that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 33% White, 15% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 46.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Allegheny County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pittsburgh Grandview K-5, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pittsburgh Phillips K-5. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 19.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Pittsburgh Phillips K-5's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 233). Over the same period, the White share fell from 45% to 33%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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