Enrollment
344
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·URBAN ACADEMY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH CS·NCES 420001900338
Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS
437 Turret Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 · (412) 361-1008 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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.
- C-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
13.2:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
344 students
STATE 75%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
23.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 18.5% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS
Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS this school | 344 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Blaine James G School Philadelphia | 332 | 97.3% | 6.3% |
| Urban Pathways K-5 College CS Pittsburgh | 304 | 95.7% | 8.1% |
| Propel CS-Northside Pittsburgh | 316 | 99.1% | 13.5% |
| Rhoads James School Philadelphia | 421 | 97.4% | 13.3% |
| McMichael Morton School Philadelphia | 285 | 98.2% | 10.0% |
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 Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #1,185 of 1,396 | #107 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #1,243 of 1,511 ▲ 41 | #113 of 141 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,238 of 1,511 ▲ 37 | #114 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #1,088 of 1,638 | #83 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #834 of 1,528 | #69 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.2% | #1,529 of 1,531 | #141 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #298 of 1,600 | #30 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.6% | #59 of 450 | #12 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
344
+22 (+7%) vs 2020
+202% since 2000-01, when it was 114
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 344 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 100% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 28 | 11.7:1 | 99% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 100% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 9 | 30.7:1 | 97% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 216 | 15 | 14.4:1 | 100% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 229 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 66% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 114 | 7 | 16.3:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (276 to 344); teachers up 189% (9 to 26).
About Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS
Among the schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS, a small elementary school. Its 344 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Black students make up 99% of enrollment at Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS. That is higher than the 13% Black share among all Allegheny County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 1% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 26 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.2:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County is 46 points.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Pennsylvania, Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.1% actual against a predicted 34.7%.
Among Allegheny County residents, the median household income is $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS is one of 277 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Pittsburgh Lincoln K-5. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). As a charter school, Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS's enrollment climbed from 322 in 2020-21 to 344 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.2:1, from 14.6:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CSWhat is the total enrollment at Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS?
Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS enrolls approximately 344 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS serve?
Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS have?
Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS?
At Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS, the student body is approximately 0% Hispanic, 99% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS?
Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS is overseen by Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CS in Allegheny County.
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