R.A. Lutz El Sch

Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, R.A. Lutz El Sch is a big elementary-level community, run under Baldwin-Whitehall SD. It works with 1,060 students across grades 3 through 5. That puts it 139% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Baldwin-Whitehall SD, which oversees 5 schools and 4,456 students, R.A. Lutz El Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, R.A. Lutz El Sch reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, R.A. Lutz El Sch has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting R.A. Lutz El Sch higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, Allegheny County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,548, 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), R.A. Lutz El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Elroy Avenue El Sch, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

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