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Enrollment
803
Elementary
DISTRICT 760 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 422058007479
South Fayette Intermediate School
1200 Lt Will Way, McDonald, PA 15057 · (412) 221-4542 · Allegheny County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
13.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
121 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 273 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 258 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 272 | 34% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Fayette Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
83.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
83.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.2% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 84.9% | 79.9% |
% 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
84.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 South Fayette Intermediate School
South Fayette Intermediate School's state test result (84.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fayette Intermediate School this school | 803 | 15.1% | 84.2% |
| South Fayette Elementary School McDonald | 717 | 14.2% | N/A |
| Stony Creek Elementary School Blue Bell | 643 | 17.7% | 84.8% |
| Oaks Elementary School Oaks | 591 | 16.6% | 78.6% |
| Shaull Elementary School Enola | 591 | 17.6% | 74.1% |
| Gwynedd Square Elementary School Lansdale | 610 | 19.2% | 74.5% |
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 South Fayette Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #47 of 1,396 | #19 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #67 of 1,511 ▲ 20 | #27 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #38 of 1,511 ▲ 15 | #16 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #77 of 1,638 | #7 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,010 of 1,528 | #88 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #456 of 1,531 | #47 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #1,507 of 1,600 | #130 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #448 of 450 | #63 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
803
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 803 | 58.3 | 13.8:1 | 15% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 58.3 | 13.8:1 | 15% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 838 | 58.7 | 14.3:1 | 13% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 794 | 53 | 15.0:1 | 10% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 45.7 | 17.5:1 | 14% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 44 | 17.5:1 | 13% (100) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Fayette Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (801 to 803); teachers up 28% (45.7 to 58.3).
About South Fayette Intermediate School
South Fayette Intermediate School is an elementary school in McDonald, Pennsylvania, reachable at (412) 221-4542. Federal data show 803 students enrolled in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 443.
South Fayette Intermediate School is part of South Fayette Township SD, where 4 schools serve 3,522 students.
More than half of enrollment at South Fayette Intermediate School is White: 62%. The next largest groups are 25% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 14 points below the 76% share among Allegheny County residents. The diversity index for South Fayette Intermediate School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal data show 15% of students (121) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Allegheny County averages 54%, higher than here.
South Fayette Intermediate School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, South Fayette Intermediate School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 84.2%; the prediction is 71.2%.
The county, Allegheny County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $78,548 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Allegheny County has 277 public schools with about 141,392 students, including South Fayette Intermediate School.
Among nearby public schools, South Fayette High School is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of South Fayette Intermediate School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, South Fayette Intermediate School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 794 in 2020-21, 803 in 2024-25. The ratio was 15.0:1 in 2020-21 and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at South Fayette Intermediate School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 South Fayette Township SD
- South Fayette High SchoolHigh · 1,143 students
- South Fayette Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- South Fayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
Other schools in McDonald
- South Fayette High SchoolHigh · 1,143 students
- South Fayette Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- South Fayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
Nearby schools
- South Fayette High School0.1 mi · 1,143
- South Fayette Elementary School0.2 mi · 717
- South Fayette Middle School0.3 mi · 859
- McKee Elementary School3.2 mi · 521
- Chartiers Valley Primary School3.3 mi · 892
- Chartiers Valley High School3.5 mi · 1,029
Frequently asked questions
About South Fayette Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend South Fayette Intermediate School?
South Fayette Intermediate School enrolls approximately 803 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does South Fayette Intermediate School serve?
South Fayette Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at South Fayette Intermediate School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at South Fayette Intermediate School.
How diverse is South Fayette Intermediate School?
South Fayette Intermediate School reports a student body of 62% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 25% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees South Fayette Intermediate School?
South Fayette Intermediate School is overseen by South Fayette Township SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.