Sto-Rox Primary Ctr

Set in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Sto-Rox Primary Ctr is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, operated by Sto-Rox SD. It teaches 317 students across grades K through 3. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Sto-Rox Primary Ctr sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Sto-Rox SD, which oversees 3 schools and 932 students, Sto-Rox Primary Ctr is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sto-Rox Primary Ctr records that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 21% multiracial, 15% White, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sto-Rox Primary Ctr falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.9%; this one comes in at 18.4%, -18.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household income runs about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Sto-Rox Primary Ctr is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sto-Rox Upper El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sto-Rox Primary Ctr. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sto-Rox Primary Ctr at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.7%.

Sto-Rox Primary Ctr operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 26%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 317 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Sto-Rox Primary Ctr community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.