Ross El Sch

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ross El Sch hosts 498 students from grades K through 5, run under North Hills SD.

Across the 6 schools in North Hills SD (4,627 students total), Ross El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ross El Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Ross El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.8%, the actual is 79.3%, a residual of +12.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Allegheny County reports that 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%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Ross El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Scott Primary Sch, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ross El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 63.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ross El Sch has edged down 23%, going from 647 students in 2018 to 498 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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