Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHALER AREA SD·NCES 422120000458
Scott Primary School
705 Scott Ave, Glenshaw, PA 15116 · (412) 492-1200 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
112 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 100 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 23% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Scott Primary School→Shaler Area Elementary School→Shaler Area Middle School→Shaler Area High School
Based on grade levels within Shaler Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.4pp since 2023
Math
87.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.3% | 87.8% |
| 2023-24 | 85.7% | 79.1% |
% 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
81.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Scott Primary School
Scott Primary School's state test result (81.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Primary School this school | 394 | 28.4% | 81.5% |
| College Square Elementary School Beaver | 400 | 28.5% | N/A |
| South Mountain Elementary School Dillsburg | 389 | 28.8% | 61.5% |
| Pennell Elementary School Aston | 415 | 30.6% | 57.5% |
| Aston Elementary School Aston | 405 | 31.9% | 57.4% |
| Osborne Elementary School Sewickley | 397 | 24.7% | 79.1% |
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 Scott Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #83 of 1,396 | #27 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #30 of 1,511 ▲ 66 | #18 of 141 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #158 of 1,511 ▼ 111 | #40 of 141 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #908 of 1,638 | #64 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,206 of 1,528 | #109 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #1,018 of 1,531 | #111 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #1,351 of 1,600 | #105 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +89.4% | #5 of 450 | #2 of 63 |
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
394
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 394 | 26.8 | 14.7:1 | 28% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 26.4 | 14.3:1 | 30% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 26.1 | 14.5:1 | 28% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 27% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 14.3 | 14.6:1 | 17% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 13 | 15.1:1 | 16% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 8% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 16 | 17.6:1 | 5% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 19 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scott Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 89% (208 to 394); teachers up 87% (14.3 to 26.8).
About Scott Primary School
Scott Primary School is an elementary school with a street address in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania. The school counted 394 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 3.
Shaler Area SD operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,800 students.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at Scott Primary School. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. In Allegheny County overall, about 76% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.7:1 is based on 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Allegheny County, the average is 54%.
Scott Primary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Scott Primary School is 16.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 81.5% actual, 65.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
American Community Survey estimates for Allegheny County show that the median household earns about $78,548 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Allegheny County, 277 public schools serve about 141,392 students.
The closest school to Scott Primary School is Shaler Area Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Scott Primary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Scott Primary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Scott Primary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Shaler Area SD
- Shaler Area High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Shaler Area Elementary SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Shaler Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Burchfield Primary SchoolElementary · 339 students
- Marzolf Primary SchoolElementary · 337 students
- Reserve Primary SchoolElementary · 111 students
Other schools in Glenshaw
- Shaler Area Elementary SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Shaler Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 589 students
Nearby schools
- Shaler Area Elementary School0.1 mi · 870
- Shaler Area Middle School1.3 mi · 589
- Ross Elementary School1.3 mi · 498
- McIntyre Elementary School1.3 mi · 594
- Wyland Elementary School1.6 mi · 358
- Shaler Area High School1.7 mi · 1,160
Frequently asked questions
About Scott Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Scott Primary School?
Scott Primary School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Scott Primary School serve?
Scott Primary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does Scott Primary School have?
Scott Primary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Scott Primary School?
Student demographics at Scott Primary School are roughly 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Scott Primary School?
Scott Primary School is overseen by Shaler Area SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.