Urban Pathways 6-12 CS

Urban Pathways 6-12 CS is one of the small senior highs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, overseen by Urban Pathways 6-12 CS, with 325 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 56% leaner than typical.

Urban Pathways 6-12 CS is a school of Urban Pathways 6-12 CS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Urban Pathways 6-12 CS shows that nearly all students (93%) are Black; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Urban Pathways 6-12 CS has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Urban Pathways 6-12 CS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Urban Pathways 6-12 CS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.0%; this one comes in at 10.8%, -26.2 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Allegheny County reports that median household income runs about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Urban Pathways 6-12 CS is one campus in the mix.

Urban Pathways K-5 College CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Urban Pathways 6-12 CS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Urban Pathways 6-12 CS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Urban Pathways 6-12 CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 341 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Urban Pathways 6-12 CS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.