Schools · McCandless
McCandless, PA schools
8 public, charter and private schools in McCandless. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
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McCandless’s School Grade: A
The public schools McCandless’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 94% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A+Test scoresCGraduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 94%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (978)Better than 93%
Towns in Allegheny County (40)Better than 63%
High confidence. Built on 4,209 tested students and a graduating class of 687; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (North Allegheny)64%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
687
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #687 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving McCandless
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 8 schools in McCandless
Showing 1–8 of 8 schools
McKnight El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 875 students
APublicPeebles El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 400 students
A+PublicHosack El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 348 students
A+PublicIngomar El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 344 students
A+PublicCarson MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 652 students
A-PublicNorth Allegheny HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,711 students
C+PublicA W Beattie Career CenterHigh · Grades 9–12 · 7 students
PublicPROVIDENCE HEIGHTS ALPHA SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.