Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8

Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 is a rural-scale middle school, overseen by Pittsburgh SD. It educates 183 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 sits 69% smaller than that benchmark.

Pittsburgh SD comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 19,211 students; Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 records that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 14% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 26.2%, a residual of -8.1 points.

In the broader community, Allegheny County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pittsburgh Linden K-5, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 has declined 41%, going from 312 students in 2018 to 183 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 84% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

On this page, members of the Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.