Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS

Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS is a compact elementary campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operated by Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS. The school caters to 344 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 443.

Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS is the operating authority for Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) reports that median household income runs about $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS is one.

Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS. On composite proficiency, Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS's enrollment has climbed 25% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 344). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 30.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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