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Streams Elementary School

1560 Ashlawn Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15241 · (412) 833-1600 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
49 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten10422%
Grade 18919%
Grade 29220%
Grade 311024%
Grade 47316%

This year's kindergarten class (104) is 42% larger than its 4th grade class (73).

Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
36778%
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
153%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
5311%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
296%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
25254%
Female
21646%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Streams Elementary School→Boyce Middle School→Fort Couch Middle School→Upper Saint Clair High School
Based on grade levels within Upper St. Clair SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
85.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
86.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2585.5%86.1%
2023-2491.7%85.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
88.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Streams Elementary School

Streams Elementary School's state test result (88.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Streams Elementary School this school46810.5%88.7%
Pine Run Elementary School
New Britain
48013.5%77.8%
Baker Elementary School
Pittsburgh
4719.1%93.0%
Eisenhower Elementary School
Pittsburgh
52411.5%92.1%
Rose Tree Elementary School
Media
43912.3%83.3%
Richland Elementary School
Gibsonia
4706.6%80.7%
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 Streams Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Allegheny County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
88.7%#17 of 1,396#11 of 129
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
86.1%#43 of 1,511
▼ 18
#22 of 141
▼ 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
85.5%#23 of 1,511
▼ 16
#11 of 141
▼ 7
Enrollment
ranked largest first
468#630 of 1,638#41 of 156
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.5:1#1,430 of 1,528#132 of 141
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
36.7%#839 of 1,531#89 of 141
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
10.5%#1,561 of 1,600#142 of 152
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.0%#780 of 1,045#51 of 73
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 2024-25
Enrollment
468
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2546828.416.5:110% (49)
2023-2442828.914.8:111% (49)
2022-2344931.814.1:112% (52)
2020-214672916.1:18% (38)
2017-1850330.116.7:16% (30)
2015-165023016.7:16% (30)
2010-114613015.4:13% (15)
2000-014422815.8:11% (3)
1990-914533313.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Streams Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 7% (503 to 468); teachers down 5% (30.1 to 28.4).

About Streams Elementary School

The public elementary school Streams Elementary School is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 468 students, in kindergarten through 4.

Besides Streams Elementary School, Upper St. Clair SD runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 4,003 students.

At 78%, White students outnumber all other groups at Streams Elementary School combined. It is also 11% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That is close to the 76% White share among all Allegheny County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Streams Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.

The school reported 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.5:1. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 10% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County, the school's rate is lower.

allk12 grades Streams Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

Streams Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 88.7% and a predicted 73.1%.

Federal survey data for Allegheny County show that median household income is about $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 277 public schools operate in Allegheny County, serving about 141,392 students.

The nearest other public school, Boyce Middle School, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Streams Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Streams Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.

NCES assigns Streams Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 467 to 468.

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Allegheny County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Streams Elementary School
District
Upper St. Clair SD
Address
1560 Ashlawn Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15241
Phone
(412) 833-1600
County
Allegheny County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
468
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
16.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
49 (10%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
422457004859
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Streams Elementary School
How large is Streams Elementary School?
Streams Elementary School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Streams Elementary School serve?
Streams Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Streams Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Streams Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Streams Elementary School?
At Streams Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Streams Elementary School?
Streams Elementary School is overseen by Upper St. Clair SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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