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Which teacher or staff member at Ross El Sch deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH HILLS SD·NCES 421722000291
Ross Elementary School
90 Houston Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 · (412) 318-1542 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
125 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within North Hills SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
77.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.3% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.3% | 75.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Ross Elementary School
Ross Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Elementary School this school | 498 | 25.1% | 79.3% |
| Donaldson Elementary School Oakdale | 535 | 26.5% | 91.2% |
| Avonworth Elementary School Pittsburgh | 478 | 21.5% | 69.3% |
| Shrewsbury Elementary School Shrewsbury | 482 | 26.8% | 56.5% |
| McCullough Elementary School Jeannette | 448 | 23.0% | 84.4% |
| Dillsburg Elementary School Dillsburg | 440 | 24.8% | 71.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Ross Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #119 of 1,396 | #39 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #125 of 1,511 ▲ 28 | #38 of 141 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #97 of 1,511 ▲ 52 | #28 of 141 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #537 of 1,638 | #35 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #264 of 1,528 | #28 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #1,094 of 1,531 | #121 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #1,390 of 1,600 | #113 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #216 of 1,045 | #14 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
498
-66 (-12%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 498 | 44 | 11.3:1 | 25% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 44 | 11.3:1 | 25% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 45 | 11.1:1 | 20% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 19% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 15% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 23% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 8% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (647 to 498); teachers unchanged (44 to 44).
About Ross Elementary School
Ross Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in North Hills SD, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 498 students.
Ross Elementary School is one of the 6 schools that make up North Hills SD (4,627 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show Ross Elementary School is 87% White. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 76% White. Ross Elementary School's diversity index is 24%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.3 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 25%. Across public schools in Allegheny County, the average is 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Ross Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 66.8% at Ross Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.3%.
Ross Elementary School is located in Allegheny County, where the median household income is $78,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Ross Elementary School, Allegheny County has 276 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Scott Primary School, at about 1.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ross Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Ross Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 12% enrollment decrease, from 564 in 2020-21 to 498 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.3:1, from 13.4:1.
The Ross Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Hills SD
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- North Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,127 students
- McIntyre Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Highcliff Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- West View Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Other Ross Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 9 states are named Ross Elementary. Ross Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 15.
- Ross Elementary SchoolLancaster, PA · 281 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolSweet Valley, PA · 166 students
- Ross ElementaryMemphis, TN · 665 students
- Ross ElementaryTopeka, KS · 563 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Scott Primary School1.3 mi · 394
- North Hills Middle School1.3 mi · 1,127
- North Hills High School1.3 mi · 1,443
- Shaler Area Elementary School1.3 mi · 870
- Shaler Area High School1.5 mi · 1,160
- McIntyre Elementary School1.6 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About Ross Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ross Elementary School?
Ross Elementary School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ross Elementary School serve?
Ross Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ross Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ross Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ross Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ross Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ross Elementary School?
Ross Elementary School is overseen by North Hills SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.