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What's the biggest difference between Propel CS-Montour and what you expected?
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Enrollment
794
Combined
STATE 1,819
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PROPEL CS-MONTOUR·NCES 420075206095
Propel CS-Montour
340 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 · (412) 325-7305 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public K-12 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
61 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
785 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 59 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 42 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
57%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
23.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
14.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.1% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 10.3% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
794
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
+105% since 2010-11, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 794 | 61.5 | 12.9:1 | 99% (785) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 63 | 12.5:1 | 100% (782) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 58 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 778 | 62 | 12.6:1 | 100% (775) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 100% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 27 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 62% (242) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Propel CS-Montour.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (645 to 794); teachers up 46% (42 to 61.5).
About Propel CS-Montour
Propel CS-Montour, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a small school serving multiple grade levels. It has an enrollment of 794 students in kindergarten through 12. Across combined schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 1,819.
Propel CS-Montour is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
At Propel CS-Montour, 60% of students are Black. The remaining students are 22% White, 14% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census figures show Allegheny County is about 13% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
There are 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Propel CS-Montour, giving a ratio of 12.9:1. Combined schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 15.5:1. By family income, 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Allegheny County average 54%.
Among Pennsylvania public K-12 schools, Propel CS-Montour outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Propel CS-Montour is 13.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Looking at the county, Allegheny County, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Allegheny County has 277 public schools with about 141,392 students, including Propel CS-Montour.
Montour Elementary School is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Propel CS-Montour, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 65.7%; Propel CS-Montour's is 21.4%, ranking 6th of 6.
In the federal locale system, Propel CS-Montour is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Propel CS-Montour is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 794, starting from 778.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Propel CS-MontourWhat is the total enrollment at Propel CS-Montour?
Propel CS-Montour enrolls approximately 794 students in grades KG-12.
Is Propel CS-Montour an elementary, middle, or high school?
Propel CS-Montour is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many teachers does Propel CS-Montour have?
Propel CS-Montour employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Propel CS-Montour?
Student demographics at Propel CS-Montour are roughly 22% White, 4% Hispanic, 60% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Propel CS-Montour in?
Propel CS-Montour is part of Propel CS-Montour.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.