Enrollment
316
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YOUNG SCHOLARS OF GREATER ALLEGHENY CS·NCES 420088407552
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS
10 Center Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15132 · (412) 673-7300 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- CBeats 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
9.4:1
34 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
300 students
STATE 75%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 110% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
29.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 18.6% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS this school | 316 | 94.9% | 31.5% |
| Propel CS-McKeesport McKeesport | 302 | 99.0% | 31.6% |
| Kelly John B School Philadelphia | 365 | 96.4% | 22.1% |
| Propel CS-Northside Pittsburgh | 316 | 99.1% | 13.5% |
| Meade Gen George C School Philadelphia | 314 | 88.9% | 10.3% |
| Lamberton Robert E School Philadelphia | 341 | 95.0% | 9.8% |
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 Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,160 of 1,396 | #104 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,158 of 1,511 ▲ 125 | #105 of 141 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,228 of 1,511 ▲ 10 | #111 of 141 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #1,192 of 1,638 | #102 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #38 of 1,528 | #5 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.6% | #961 of 1,531 | #101 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #576 of 1,600 | #51 of 152 |
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
316
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 316 | 33.6 | 9.4:1 | 95% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 27.6 | 10.9:1 | 100% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 28.6 | 10.7:1 | 100% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 100% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 172 | 13.1 | 13.1:1 | 100% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 77 | 7 | 11.0:1 | 96% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 84% (172 to 316); teachers up 156% (13.1 to 33.6).
About Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS is a small elementary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that operates as a charter school. It serves 316 students in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Federal records list Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS as its own district.
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS enrolls a student body that is 82% Black. The rest of enrollment is 10% White, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Allegheny County's population at about 13%. Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1 at Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS, with 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 95%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.
allk12 grades Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 36.9% at Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.5%.
Allegheny County has these Census figures: median household income is about $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Allegheny County number 277 and enroll about 141,392.
The next-closest public school is Greenock Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS at 4th of 6.
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large. Federal records list Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS as a charter school.
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS saw enrollment rise 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 13.7:1 in 2020-21 and 9.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CSWhat is the total enrollment at Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS?
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS enrolls approximately 316 students in grades PK-08.
Is Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS have?
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS?
Student demographics at Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS are roughly 10% White, 3% Hispanic, 82% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS in?
Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS is part of Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS.
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