Plum MS

Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Plum MS is a moderately sized middle-grades school, part of Plum Borough SD. It serves 550 students across grades 7 through 8.

Across the 5 schools in Plum Borough SD (3,535 students total), Plum MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Plum MS lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 7% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Plum MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.0%, the actual is 47.8%, a residual of -16.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household income runs about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Plum MS is one.

Holiday Park Intermediate Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Plum MS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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