Enrollment
183
Middle
DISTRICT 235 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917007039
Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8
7100 Reynolds St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 · (412) 529-7870 · Allegheny County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
185 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 64 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 32% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
14.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 14.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #431 of 479 | #40 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #447 of 513 ▼ 4 | #40 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #417 of 513 ▲ 18 | #39 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #493 of 522 | #48 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #65 of 510 | #9 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.3% | #11 of 332 | #1 of 27 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
183
-112 (-38%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 183 | 17.3 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 185 | 15.8 | 11.8:1 | 100% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 20.5 | 10.2:1 | 100% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 100% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 22.3 | 14.0:1 | 75% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 78% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 63% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 35% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (312 to 183); teachers down 22% (22.3 to 17.3).
About Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8
Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 is a small middle-grades school based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 183 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594, so this school runs 69% smaller than that.
Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 is among 56 schools run by Pittsburgh SD, which serves 19,211 students.
Black students make up a majority at Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8, at 76%. The remaining shares are 14% White and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Allegheny County's population at about 13%. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 is 8.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 26.2% actual, 34.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In Allegheny County (population about 1,238,177), the median household income is $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 277 public schools in Allegheny County, enrolling about 141,392 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Pittsburgh Linden K-5, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment declined 38% from its 2020-21 level of 295. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.3:1 to 10.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8How large is Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8?
Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 enrolls approximately 183 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 serve?
Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8.
How diverse is Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8?
Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 reports a student body of 14% White, 1% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8?
Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 is overseen by Pittsburgh SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.