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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND HILLS SD·NCES 421650007022
Wilkins El STEAM Academy
362 Churchill Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 · (412) 824-3231 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- DBeats 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
10.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
366 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Woodland Hills SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
24.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 24 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.7% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 25.2% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Wilkins El STEAM Academy
Wilkins El STEAM Academy's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkins El STEAM Academy this school | 447 | 81.9% | 31.3% |
| Shawmont School Philadelphia | 471 | 88.5% | 43.8% |
| Pittsburgh Dilworth K-5 Pittsburgh | 454 | 93.4% | 57.9% |
| Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy Turtle Creek | 580 | 73.6% | 35.3% |
| Stanton Edwin M School Philadelphia | 329 | 89.1% | 39.3% |
| Robert Benjamin Wiley Community CS Erie | 550 | 94.4% | 24.1% |
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 Wilkins El STEAM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,163 of 1,396 | #105 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #1,235 of 1,511 ▼ 33 | #112 of 141 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #1,302 of 1,511 ▼ 60 | #119 of 141 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #699 of 1,638 | #47 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #103 of 1,528 | #12 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #162 of 1,531 | #18 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #695 of 1,600 | #73 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #399 of 450 | #58 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
447
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 447 | 44 | 10.2:1 | 82% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 43.5 | 10.4:1 | 81% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 43.2 | 9.6:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 45 | 9.8:1 | 99% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 35.8 | 12.3:1 | 100% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 100% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 82% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 64% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 27 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilkins El STEAM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (441 to 447); teachers up 23% (35.8 to 44).
About Wilkins El STEAM Academy
Wilkins El STEAM Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in Woodland Hills SD, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 447 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
The district, Woodland Hills SD, operates 5 schools serving 3,128 students.
The share of Black students at Wilkins El STEAM Academy is 51%, a majority. The school is also 21% White, 14% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. That is higher than the 13% Black share among all Allegheny County residents. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Wilkins El STEAM Academy are from different groups.
The school had 44 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.2:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 2.9 students per teacher. The school reported 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Wilkins El STEAM Academy outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wilkins El STEAM Academy falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 31.3% actual against 42.5% predicted.
For Allegheny County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $78,548 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Wilkins El STEAM Academy, Allegheny County has 277 public schools.
Life Male STEAM Academy CS is about 0.9 miles from Wilkins El STEAM Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wilkins El STEAM Academy is 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Wilkins El STEAM Academy as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 440 students in 2020-21 and 447 in 2024-25.
The Wilkins El STEAM Academy discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodland Hills SD
- Woodland Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,006 students
- Turtle Creek EL STEAM AcademyElementary · 580 students
- Dickson Prep STEAM AcademyMiddle · 579 students
- Edgewood El STEAM AcademyElementary · 516 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Life Male STEAM Academy CS0.9 mi · 101
- Woodland Hills High School1.6 mi · 1,006
- Propel CS-East1.6 mi · 339
- Propel CS-Braddock Hills1.7 mi · 673
- Penn Hills Elementary School1.8 mi · 1,228
- Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy1.8 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About Wilkins El STEAM AcademyHow many students attend Wilkins El STEAM Academy?
Wilkins El STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wilkins El STEAM Academy serve?
Wilkins El STEAM Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Wilkins El STEAM Academy have?
Wilkins El STEAM Academy employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilkins El STEAM Academy?
Student demographics at Wilkins El STEAM Academy are roughly 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilkins El STEAM Academy?
Wilkins El STEAM Academy is overseen by Woodland Hills SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.