South Fayette El Sch

South Fayette El Sch is a roomy K-5 school in McDonald, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within South Fayette Township SD. The school works with 717 students in grades K through 2. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so South Fayette El Sch sits 62% above that benchmark.

South Fayette El Sch is one of 4 schools operated by South Fayette Township SD, a district that teaches 3,522 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Fayette El Sch lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 24% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate 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 South Fayette El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: South Fayette MS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around South Fayette El Sch.

South Fayette El Sch operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 721 students in 2018 compared to 717 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 72% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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