Enrollment
168
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917000600
Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5
785 Dunster St, Pittsburgh, PA 15226 · (412) 529-7420 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL168 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
155 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 169% larger than its 5th grade class (16).
Student demographics
61%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
21.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.5pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.3% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 26.9% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 West Liberty K-5
Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 this school | 168 | 92.3% | 28.4% |
| Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 Pittsburgh | 139 | 99.3% | 46.5% |
| Clara Barton Elementary School West Mifflin | 229 | 98.7% | 52.8% |
| Guilford Hills Elementary School Chambersburg | 191 | 92.1% | 65.8% |
| Broad Street Elementary School Butler | 228 | 98.7% | 38.2% |
| West Pottsgrove Elementary School Stowe | 252 | 98.8% | N/A |
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 West Liberty K-5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #1,192 of 1,396 | #109 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,309 of 1,511 ▼ 134 | #122 of 141 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,342 of 1,511 ▼ 160 | #125 of 141 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 168 | #1,572 of 1,638 | #148 of 156 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #626 of 1,600 | #62 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #106 of 1,045 | #6 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
168
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 168 | 16.2 | 10.4:1 | 92% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 155 | 16 | 9.7:1 | 100% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 155 | 19.1 | 8.1:1 | 100% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 20 | 8.3:1 | 100% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 20.7 | 11.7:1 | 64% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 48% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 259 | 16 | 16.2:1 | 44% (115) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (242 to 168); teachers down 22% (20.7 to 16.2).
About Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5
Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a very small elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 168 students enrolled. That is 62% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh SD counts 56 schools and 19,211 students, including Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5.
White students are 58% of those enrolled at Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5. The remaining shares are 18% Black, 15% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Allegheny County's population at about 76%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
The school had 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.4:1. The school's 10.4:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 92%. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 is 9.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.4% versus 38.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
For Allegheny County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 277 public schools in the county, enrolling about 141,392, Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Pittsburgh South Brook 6-8, is the closest to Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5. Its average proficiency rate of 28.4% is below the 29.2% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 166 students in 2020-21 and 168 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 8.3:1 to 10.4:1.
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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 West Liberty K-5How large is Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5?
Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 enrolls approximately 168 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 serve?
Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 is approximately 10.4:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5?
At Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5, the student body is approximately 58% White, 5% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5?
Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 is overseen by Pittsburgh SD in Allegheny County.
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