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Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5

17 W Cherryhill Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210 · (412) 529-7780 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
235 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
Pre-K
66
Kindergarten
41
Grade 1
45
Grade 2
39
Grade 3
37
Grade 4
23
Grade 5
27
Student demographics
White
7326%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 60%
Hispanic
2810%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 16%
Black
10738%
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 14%
Asian
155%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5%
Two+
5520%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 5%
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
Male
14151%
Female
13749%

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
30.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +12.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 12 points.

Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
278
-42 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.2:1
% White
26%
was 47%
% Hispanic
10%
was 2%
% Black
38%
was 35%
% Asian
5%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5

Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 operates as a tight-knit primary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, overseen by Pittsburgh SD. Current enrollment sits at 278 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 443.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 reports that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 26% White, 20% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.4%; this one delivers 27.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Allegheny County shows median household earnings sit near $78,548, 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 Roosevelt K -5 is one campus in the mix.

Pittsburgh Carrick HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 19.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 278). The White share of enrollment fell from 47% to 26% over that span.

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Allegheny County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5
District
Pittsburgh SD
Address
17 W Cherryhill Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210
Phone
(412) 529-7780
County
Allegheny County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
278
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
14.1:1
Free/Reduced lunch
235 (85%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
421917000684
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5
What is the total enrollment at Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5?
Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 enrolls approximately 278 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 serve?
Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5.
How diverse is Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5?
Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 reports a student body of 26% White, 10% Hispanic, 38% Black, 5% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Is Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 public or private?
Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pittsburgh SD.
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