Propel CS-McKeesport

As a small elementary campus in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Propel CS-McKeesport works with 302 students from grades K through 8, part of Propel CS-McKeesport. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 443.

Propel CS-McKeesport is a school of Propel CS-McKeesport, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Propel CS-McKeesport lists that Black students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder reads as 9% multiracial, 8% White, 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Propel CS-McKeesport has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Propel CS-McKeesport performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Allegheny County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Propel CS-McKeesport is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Twin Rivers El Sch, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Propel CS-McKeesport comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.5%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Propel CS-McKeesport has decreased 24%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 21% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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