Enrollment
306
Middle
STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PROVIDENT CS·NCES 420089007574
Provident CS
1400 Troy Hill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 · (412) 709-5160 · Allegheny County
GRADES 02–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
4.9:1
62 FTE teachers
STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
161 students
STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 8% |
Student demographics
52%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
12.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.6pp since 2023
Math
11.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.1% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 21.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-35.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Provident CS
Provident CS's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provident CS this school | 306 | 52.6% | 20.0% |
| Charleroi Area Middle School Charleroi | 299 | 60.9% | 36.7% |
| Delahunty Middle School Hermitage | 313 | 43.8% | 56.9% |
| Brentwood Middle School Pittsburgh | 269 | 56.5% | 45.1% |
| Spring Forge Intrd School Manchester | 477 | 48.6% | 56.7% |
| Lehman Intermediate School Dingmans Ferry | 540 | 58.5% | 31.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Provident CS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #446 of 479 | #41 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #460 of 513 ▼ 47 | #42 of 51 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #506 of 513 ▼ 20 | #50 of 51 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #428 of 522 | #42 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 4.9:1 | #1 of 486 | #1 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #147 of 486 | #15 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #239 of 510 | #19 of 51 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
306
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
4.9:1
was 5.8:1
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 | 306 | 62.4 | 4.9:1 | 53% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 67.6 | 4.8:1 | 50% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 67.4 | 4.8:1 | 47% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 53 | 5.8:1 | 100% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 136 | 30.9 | 4.4:1 | 39% (53) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Provident CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 125% (136 to 306); teachers up 102% (30.9 to 62.4).
About Provident CS
Provident CS is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Pennsylvania, located in Pittsburgh. The school runs grades 2 through 8 and enrolls 306 students. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have about 594 students on average; enrollment here is 48% lower.
Provident CS operates as its own local education agency.
More than half of the students at Provident CS are White (64%). The rest of enrollment is 25% Black, 9% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Allegheny County's population at about 76%. The diversity index for Provident CS is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Provident CS has a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.9:1, with 62.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. The school has 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Allegheny County is close, at 54%.
Provident CS holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Provident CS would score about 55.0%. It scores 20.0%, a bottom-10% result among Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Allegheny County, where median household income comes to about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Allegheny County counts 277 public schools with about 141,392 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Provident CS from the closest public school, Pittsburgh Spring Garden Early Childhood Center. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Provident CS places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Provident CS is run as a public charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 310 to 306.
The discussion board for Provident CS is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Provident CSWhat is the total enrollment at Provident CS?
Provident CS enrolls approximately 306 students in grades 02-08.
What grades does Provident CS serve?
Provident CS serves grades 02-08.
How many teachers does Provident CS have?
Provident CS employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.9:1.
How diverse is Provident CS?
Provident CS reports a student body of 64% White, 3% Hispanic, 25% Black, 9% Two or more.
Is Provident CS public or private?
Provident CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Provident CS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.