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Woodland Hills HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Woodland Hills HS
Woodland Hills HS is a four-year high school of reasonably sized scale in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, run under Woodland Hills SD, instructing 1,006 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.
Woodland Hills SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,128 students. Woodland Hills HS is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Woodland Hills HS reports that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 27% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Woodland Hills HS higher than the state norm the norm. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Woodland Hills HS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.3%; actual is 26.0%, a gap of -23.3 points.
In the broader community, census data for Allegheny County shows median household earnings sit near $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Woodland Hills HS is one.
The closest other public school is Turner Intermediate Sch, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodland Hills HS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.4%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Five-year trend. Woodland Hills HS's enrollment has declined 36% since 2018, when it stood at 1,563 (now 1,006). Class-load math has loosened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
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