Whitehall El Sch

Whitehall El Sch, a heavily attended K-5 school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Baldwin-Whitehall SD, serves 669 students, covering grades 1 through 2. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Whitehall El Sch sits 51% above that benchmark.

Whitehall El Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Baldwin-Whitehall SD, a district that caters to 4,456 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whitehall El Sch logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 29% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Whitehall El Sch logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Whitehall El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, Allegheny County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Whitehall El Sch is one.

J.E. Harrison MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whitehall El Sch has shrank 10%, going from 744 students in 2018 to 669 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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