Enrollment
139
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917006747
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5
150 Meridan St, Pittsburgh, PA 15211 · (412) 529-8211 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- B+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
11.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
138 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 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (20).
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
48.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 36.2% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Whittier K-5
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 this school | 139 | 99.3% | 46.5% |
| Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 Pittsburgh | 168 | 92.3% | 28.4% |
| Clara Barton Elementary School West Mifflin | 229 | 98.7% | 52.8% |
| Broad Street Elementary School Butler | 228 | 98.7% | 38.2% |
| New Franklin Elementary School Chambersburg | 206 | 97.1% | 57.7% |
| Guilford Hills Elementary School Chambersburg | 191 | 92.1% | 65.8% |
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 Whittier K-5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #949 of 1,396 | #86 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #874 of 1,511 ▲ 150 | #82 of 141 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #787 of 1,511 ▲ 315 | #81 of 141 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 139 | #1,598 of 1,638 | #152 of 156 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #358 of 1,600 | #33 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.5% | #43 of 1,045 | #4 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
139
-22 (-14%) vs 2020
-52% since 2010-11, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 139 | 12.3 | 11.3:1 | 99% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 138 | 15.2 | 9.1:1 | 100% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 154 | 15.2 | 10.2:1 | 100% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 161 | 18 | 8.9:1 | 100% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 226 | 18.6 | 12.2:1 | 76% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 43% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 77% (225) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Whittier K-5.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (226 to 139); teachers down 34% (18.6 to 12.3).
About Pittsburgh Whittier K-5
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 is a small elementary school with an address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school serves 139 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 69% smaller than that.
Enrollment across the 56 schools in Pittsburgh SD totals 19,211 students.
Roughly 56% of students at Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Black, 17% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 76%. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 operates with 12.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.3:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County is 45 points lower.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Pittsburgh Whittier K-5's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 35.0%. Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 scores 46.5%, 11.5 points above that line.
Among Allegheny County residents, the median household income is $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Pittsburgh Whittier K-5, Allegheny County has 276 other public schools.
Nearest public school: City CHS, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 is City: Large.
Enrollment dropped 14% from its 2020-21 level of 161. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.9:1 to 11.3:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Pittsburgh Whittier K-5. 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 Whittier K-5How many students attend Pittsburgh Whittier K-5?
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 enrolls approximately 139 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 have?
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Pittsburgh Whittier K-5?
Student demographics at Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 are roughly 56% White, 6% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Pittsburgh Whittier K-5?
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 is overseen by Pittsburgh SD in Allegheny County.
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