Propel CS-Montour

Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Propel CS-Montour is a modestly sized K-12 campus, overseen by Propel CS-Montour. It instructs 794 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 1,819 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Propel CS-Montour records that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment; the rest consists of 22% White, 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Propel CS-Montour has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Propel CS-Montour performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 21.4%, a residual of -13.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Propel CS-Montour is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Montour El Sch, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Propel CS-Montour ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.7%.

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

Five-year trend. Propel CS-Montour's enrollment has climbed 23% since 2018, when it stood at 645 (now 794). The White share of enrollment contracted from 37% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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