Propel CS-Braddock Hills

Propel CS-Braddock Hills, a minimally staffed K-12 campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Propel CS-Braddock Hills, works with 673 students, covering grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 1,819.

Operationally, Propel CS-Braddock Hills answers to Propel CS-Braddock Hills, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Propel CS-Braddock Hills records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). Beyond that, the school lists 9% multiracial, 6% White, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 106% of students at Propel CS-Braddock Hills qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Allegheny County put median household earnings sit near $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Propel CS-Braddock Hills is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

Woodland Hills HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Propel CS-Braddock Hills.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, Propel CS-Braddock Hills runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Propel CS-Braddock Hills's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 870 (now 673). The White share of enrollment shrank from 14% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.