Urban Pathways K-5 College CS

As a cozy primary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Urban Pathways K-5 College CS works with 304 students from grades K through 5, operated by Urban Pathways K-5 College CS. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Operationally, Urban Pathways K-5 College CS answers to Urban Pathways K-5 College CS, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Urban Pathways K-5 College CS shows that nearly all students (93%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Urban Pathways K-5 College CS has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Urban Pathways K-5 College CS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.6%; this one comes in at 8.1%, -28.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Urban Pathways K-5 College CS is one.

Passport Academy CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Urban Pathways K-5 College CS comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Urban Pathways K-5 College 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Urban Pathways K-5 College CS has remained close to its prior level, going from 300 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Urban Pathways K-5 College CS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.