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Enrollment
573
High
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917007412
Pittsburgh Westinghouse
1101 N. Murtland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 · (412) 529-3940 · Allegheny County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
594 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 72 | 13% |
Student demographics
17%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
29.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
4.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 4.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.1% | 3.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Westinghouse ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #550 of 576 | #44 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.0% | #593 of 626 ▲ 9 | #50 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #564 of 626 ▲ 39 | #47 of 53 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #356 of 713 | #35 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #29 of 601 | #3 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #409 of 604 | #49 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #56 of 619 | #9 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #77 of 373 | #7 of 29 |
Ranked against other public high 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
573
-131 (-19%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 573 | 56.3 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 60 | 9.9:1 | 100% (594) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 59.7 | 10.9:1 | 100% (649) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 65 | 10.8:1 | 100% (701) |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 63.6 | 10.8:1 | 84% (575) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 47 | 10.4:1 | 79% (386) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Westinghouse.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (687 to 573); teachers down 11% (63.6 to 56.3).
About Pittsburgh Westinghouse
Pittsburgh Westinghouse is a small high school based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 573 students. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students.
Pittsburgh SD is responsible for 56 schools, Pittsburgh Westinghouse included, with 19,211 students in all.
Pittsburgh Westinghouse's enrollment is 91% Black. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Census figures show Allegheny County is about 13% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 56.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.2:1. This ratio sits 2.6 below the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pittsburgh Westinghouse is -19.6 points, in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.5%, and the predicted rate is 33.2%.
Pittsburgh Westinghouse is located in Allegheny County, where the median household income is $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pittsburgh Westinghouse is one of 277 public schools in the county.
Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS is the public school closest to Pittsburgh Westinghouse, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Pittsburgh Westinghouse is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Pittsburgh Westinghouse as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Pittsburgh Westinghouse declined 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 704 to 573 students.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Pittsburgh Westinghouse, you can post them here. 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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh WestinghouseHow many students attend Pittsburgh Westinghouse?
Pittsburgh Westinghouse enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Pittsburgh Westinghouse serve?
Pittsburgh Westinghouse serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Westinghouse?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Westinghouse is approximately 10.2:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pittsburgh Westinghouse?
At Pittsburgh Westinghouse, the student body is approximately 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Pittsburgh Westinghouse public or private?
Pittsburgh Westinghouse 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.