Ramsey El Sch

Ramsey El Sch is an intimate K-5 school in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, run under Gateway SD. The school enrolls 335 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Gateway SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,441 students. Ramsey El Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Ramsey El Sch lists that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ramsey El Sch has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 95% of students at Ramsey El Sch qualify 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%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ramsey El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 36.9%; this one delivers 58.7%, a residual of +21.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Allegheny County shows median household earnings sit near $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Ramsey El Sch is one.

Gateway SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ramsey El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ramsey El Sch has ticked up 8%, going from 310 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 58% to 47%.

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