Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8

As an intimate middle school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 works with 260 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Pittsburgh SD. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 594.

Within Pittsburgh SD, which oversees 56 schools and 19,211 students, Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 lists that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 36% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.

In the broader community, Allegheny County reports that 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 Schiller 6-8 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Provident CS, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 49%: 174 students in 2018 compared to 260 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 61% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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