Enrollment
302
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PROPEL CS-MCKEESPORT·NCES 420013400867
Propel CS-McKeesport
2412 Versailles Avenue, McKeesport, PA 15132 · (412) 325-7305 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.8:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
299 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 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 19% larger than its 8th grade class (32).
Student demographics
37%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
30.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.2pp since 2023
Math
20.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 20.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 25.7% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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-McKeesport
Propel CS-McKeesport's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Propel CS-McKeesport this school | 302 | 99.0% | 31.6% |
| Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS Pittsburgh | 316 | 94.9% | 31.5% |
| W B Evans Elementary School Yeadon | 304 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| Propel CS-Northside Pittsburgh | 316 | 99.1% | 13.5% |
| Propel CS-East Turtle Creek | 339 | 98.2% | 28.5% |
| John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences Philadelphia | 394 | 97.7% | 49.3% |
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-McKeesport ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #1,158 of 1,396 | #103 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #1,281 of 1,511 ▼ 87 | #118 of 141 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #1,190 of 1,511 ▼ 95 | #107 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #1,244 of 1,638 | #109 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #372 of 1,528 | #37 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #837 of 1,531 | #88 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #384 of 1,600 | #35 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #185 of 1,045 | #12 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
302
-49 (-14%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
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 | 302 | 25.6 | 11.8:1 | 99% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 25.8 | 12.1:1 | 99% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 24 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 99% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 24 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 83% (317) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Propel CS-McKeesport.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (399 to 302); teachers up 2% (25 to 25.6).
About Propel CS-McKeesport
Located in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Propel CS-McKeesport is a small elementary school. It reported 302 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 32% below average.
Propel CS-McKeesport operates as its own local education agency.
The share of Black students at Propel CS-McKeesport is 78%, a majority. The remaining students are 9% multiracial, 8% White, and 3% Hispanic. Census figures show Allegheny County is about 13% Black. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Propel CS-McKeesport are from different groups.
A staff of 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.8:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 1.3 students per teacher. By family income, 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 45 points above the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County.
Propel CS-McKeesport earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Propel CS-McKeesport scores 31.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.2%.
The school's county is Allegheny County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 277 public schools in the county, enrolling about 141,392, Propel CS-McKeesport among them.
Twin Rivers Elementary School is the nearest public school to Propel CS-McKeesport, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Propel CS-McKeesport, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Propel CS-McKeesport is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Propel CS-McKeesport the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Propel CS-McKeesport is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 351 to 302. The school's ratio dropped from 13.5:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 McKeesport
- McKeesport Area SHSHigh · 966 students
- Francis McClure Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Founders Hall Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Twin Rivers Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- South Allegheny High SchoolHigh · 464 students
- South Allegheny Middle SchoolMiddle · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Twin Rivers Elementary School0.6 mi · 607
- Founders Hall Middle School0.8 mi · 642
- McKeesport Area SHS0.9 mi · 966
- South Allegheny Middle School1.8 mi · 321
- South Allegheny High School1.8 mi · 464
- Duquesne Elementary School1.8 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Propel CS-McKeesportWhat is the total enrollment at Propel CS-McKeesport?
Propel CS-McKeesport enrolls approximately 302 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Propel CS-McKeesport serve?
Propel CS-McKeesport serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Propel CS-McKeesport?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Propel CS-McKeesport.
How diverse is Propel CS-McKeesport?
Propel CS-McKeesport reports a student body of 8% White, 3% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Propel CS-McKeesport public or private?
Propel CS-McKeesport is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Propel CS-McKeesport.
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