Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8

Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8, a modestly sized intermediate school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, overseen by Pittsburgh SD, works with 387 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 35% smaller than typical.

Pittsburgh SD runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 19,211 students. Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 logs that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 19% White, 13% Asian, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 84% of students at Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.7%; Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 posts 15.4%, -26.3 points below that line.

Around the school, Allegheny County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

Pittsburgh Brashear HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 387). Over the same period, the White share declined from 33% to 19%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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