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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND HILLS SD·NCES 421650007667
Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy
126 Monroeville Ave, Turtle Creek, PA 15145 · (412) 824-2450 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
427 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within Woodland Hills SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.4pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 29.6% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy
Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy this school | 580 | 73.6% | 35.3% |
| Edgewood El STEAM Academy Pittsburgh | 516 | 78.9% | 27.3% |
| Wilkins El STEAM Academy Pittsburgh | 447 | 81.9% | 31.3% |
| Shawmont School Philadelphia | 471 | 88.5% | 43.8% |
| Houston Henry E School Philadelphia | 458 | 91.5% | 37.6% |
| Pittsburgh Dilworth K-5 Pittsburgh | 454 | 93.4% | 57.9% |
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 Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #1,118 of 1,396 | #98 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,214 of 1,511 ▼ 91 | #108 of 141 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #1,208 of 1,511 ▼ 62 | #110 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #308 of 1,638 | #23 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #912 of 1,528 | #77 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #373 of 1,531 | #42 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #721 of 1,600 | #77 of 152 |
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
580
+101 (+21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 580 | 43 | 13.5:1 | 74% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 79% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 43.2 | 13.0:1 | 100% (561) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 40 | 12.0:1 | 99% (476) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy.
About Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy
Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 15145). Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 580 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 31% larger than that mark.
Woodland Hills SD counts 5 schools and 3,128 students, including Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy.
About 59% of the student body at Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy is Black. Other groups include 26% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County residents are about 13% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy comes to 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County.
On the allk12 Grade, Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy is 10.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 35.3%. Predicted: 46.0%.
In the surrounding county, Allegheny County, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy, Allegheny County has 277 public schools.
Propel CS-East, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 21% rise, from 479 to 580. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.0:1 to 13.5:1.
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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 Woodland Hills SD
- Woodland Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,006 students
- Dickson Prep STEAM AcademyMiddle · 579 students
- Edgewood El STEAM AcademyElementary · 516 students
- Wilkins El STEAM AcademyElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Propel CS-East0.5 mi · 339
- Westinghouse Arts Academy CS1.2 mi · 282
- Life Male STEAM Academy CS1.6 mi · 101
- Propel CS-Braddock Hills1.7 mi · 673
- Wilkins El STEAM Academy1.8 mi · 447
- Propel CS-Pitcairn2.3 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About Turtle Creek EL STEAM AcademyHow large is Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy?
Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
Is Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy have?
Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy?
Student demographics at Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy are roughly 26% White, 6% Hispanic, 59% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy?
Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy is overseen by Woodland Hills SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.