Enrollment
339
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PROPEL CS-EAST·NCES 420013500869
Propel CS-East
1611 Monroeville Ave, Turtle Creek, PA 15145 · (412) 325-7305 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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
13.5:1
25 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
333 students
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 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
34.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 17.3% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Propel CS-East
Propel CS-East's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Propel CS-East this school | 339 | 98.2% | 28.5% |
| Pittsburgh Arlington K-8 Pittsburgh | 385 | 96.1% | 8.6% |
| Russell C. Phillips Elementary School Farrell | 414 | 94.9% | 14.5% |
| Sto-Rox Primary Center McKees Rocks | 317 | 95.0% | 18.4% |
| Propel CS-McKeesport McKeesport | 302 | 99.0% | 31.6% |
| Lingelbach Anna L School Philadelphia | 363 | 91.5% | 36.1% |
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 Propel CS-East ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,189 of 1,396 | #108 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,292 of 1,511 ▲ 10 | #121 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,118 of 1,511 ▲ 66 | #102 of 141 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,106 of 1,638 | #88 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #916 of 1,528 | #78 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #552 of 1,531 | #57 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #446 of 1,600 | #40 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #889 of 1,045 | #57 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
339
-38 (-10%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 339 | 25.1 | 13.5:1 | 98% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 24.3 | 13.7:1 | 99% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 26.5 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 24 | 14.7:1 | 100% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 64% (252) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Propel CS-East.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (353 to 339); teachers up 5% (24 to 25.1).
About Propel CS-East
Propel CS-East is a low-enrollment elementary school in Pennsylvania, located in Turtle Creek. A federal count lists 339 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Black students account for 68% of enrollment at Propel CS-East. Other groups make up 16% White, 12% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school's share is higher. Propel CS-East has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Propel CS-East was 13.5:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 98%. For comparison, public schools in Allegheny County average 54%.
Propel CS-East is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Propel CS-East posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.5%, compared with a predicted 35.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Allegheny County, median household income is about $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 277 public schools in Allegheny County, with a combined enrollment of about 141,392.
The closest other public school is Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Propel CS-East is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 377 to 339.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Turtle Creek
- Turtle Creek EL STEAM AcademyElementary · 580 students
Nearby schools
- Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy0.5 mi · 580
- Life Male STEAM Academy CS1.1 mi · 101
- Westinghouse Arts Academy CS1.3 mi · 282
- Wilkins El STEAM Academy1.6 mi · 447
- Propel CS-Pitcairn1.9 mi · 182
- Propel CS-Braddock Hills2.0 mi · 673
Frequently asked questions
About Propel CS-EastHow many students attend Propel CS-East?
Propel CS-East enrolls approximately 339 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Propel CS-East serve?
Propel CS-East serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Propel CS-East?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Propel CS-East.
What is the student diversity at Propel CS-East?
Student demographics at Propel CS-East are roughly 16% White, 4% Hispanic, 68% Black, 12% Two or more.
Is Propel CS-East public or private?
Propel CS-East is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Propel CS-East.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.