Richland El Sch

Located at 3811 Bakerstown Road, in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, Richland El Sch is a mid-sized K-5 school that educates 470 students (grades K through 3), one of the schools within Pine-Richland SD.

Pine-Richland SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,553 students. Richland El Sch is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Richland El Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest reads as 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Richland El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.8%, the actual is 80.7%, a residual of +6.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Richland El Sch is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

The closest other public school is Eden Hall Upper El Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richland El Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 70.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richland El Sch has changed only slightly, going from 469 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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