Enrollment
248
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917006757
Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8
4801 Stanton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 · (412) 529-2040 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
240 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 36% larger than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
64%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
33.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.6pp since 2023
Math
19.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 20.8% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →
Schools most like Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8
Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 this school | 248 | 96.8% | 32.2% |
| Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 Pittsburgh | 233 | 91.4% | 46.6% |
| Musser Elementary School Sharon | 324 | 97.5% | 30.4% |
| Lafayette Elementary School Uniontown | 283 | 94.3% | 20.7% |
| Powel Samuel School Philadelphia | 324 | 95.1% | 67.4% |
| Pittsburgh Mifflin K-8 Pittsburgh | 256 | 98.4% | 28.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,146 of 1,396 | #101 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #1,290 of 1,511 ▼ 40 | #120 of 141 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,142 of 1,511 ▼ 104 | #103 of 141 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #1,420 of 1,638 | #126 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #332 of 1,528 | #32 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #245 of 1,531 | #23 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #514 of 1,600 | #42 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #981 of 1,045 | #65 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
248
-18 (-7%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 248 | 21.3 | 11.6:1 | 97% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 30.5 | 8.1:1 | 97% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 28.7 | 8.8:1 | 96% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 28 | 9.5:1 | 98% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 252 | 27.6 | 9.1:1 | 77% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 72% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 80% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (252 to 248); teachers down 23% (27.6 to 21.3).
About Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8
The public elementary school Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A total of 248 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 44% smaller than average.
Pittsburgh SD oversees Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 and 55 other schools, with 19,211 students in total.
Enrollment at Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 48%. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Allegheny County overall, about 13% of residents are Black. By the diversity index, Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 comes in at 64%.
The school employs the equivalent of 21.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.6:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 97%. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County.
Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 is 3.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.2% actual, 36.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Among Allegheny County residents, median household income is about $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County, which together enroll about 141,392 students.
The closest public school, Pittsburgh Fulton K-5, is about 0.4 miles from Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.9%; Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8's is 32.2%, ranking 4th of 6.
Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 248 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 266. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 9.5:1 to 11.6:1.
The Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Sunnyside K-8How large is Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8?
Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 enrolls approximately 248 students in grades PK-08.
Is Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 have?
Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8?
At Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8, the student body is approximately 35% White, 7% Hispanic, 48% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 public or private?
Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pittsburgh SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.