South Fayette Intermediate Sch

South Fayette Intermediate Sch is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in McDonald, Pennsylvania, part of South Fayette Township SD, with 803 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so South Fayette Intermediate Sch sits 81% bigger than that benchmark.

South Fayette Township SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 3,522 students. South Fayette Intermediate Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, South Fayette Intermediate Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 25% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, South Fayette Intermediate Sch has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at South Fayette Intermediate Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, South Fayette Intermediate Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.2%, the actual is 84.2%, a residual of +13.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), South Fayette Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South Fayette HS, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Fayette Intermediate Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. South Fayette Intermediate Sch's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 801 (now 803). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 72% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.