Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5

Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5 is an elementary campus of tiny scale in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operated by Pittsburgh SD, serveing 126 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 72% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 56 schools in Pittsburgh SD (19,211 students total), Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5 reports that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% White, 14% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5 lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.8%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Allegheny County shows median household income runs about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5 is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pittsburgh Spring Garden Early Childhood Ctr, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5 at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.7%.

Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5 operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 29%: 177 students in 2018 compared to 126 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.