Schools · Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA schools
107 public, charter and private schools in Pittsburgh. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Pittsburgh’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Pittsburgh’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (1,941)Better than 2%
High confidence. Built on 8,363 tested students and a graduating class of 1,700; 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 (Pittsburgh School District)18%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
78% graduate on time
Graduation rate
78%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
1,700
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #999 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 56 schools · 19,211 students
$25,747 per studentPA $21,758C-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 107 schools in Pittsburgh
Showing 1–30 of 107 schools
Pittsburgh Colfax K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 789 students
A-PublicPittsburgh Allegheny K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 572 students
C+PublicPittsburgh Carmalt K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 547 students
CPublicPittsburgh Morrow K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 486 students
DPublicPittsburgh Faison K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 480 students
D-PublicPittsburgh Dilworth K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 454 students
C+PublicPittsburgh Concord K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 430 students
C-PublicPittsburgh Langley K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 418 students
DPublicPittsburgh Greenfield K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 396 students
BPublicPittsburgh Arlington K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 385 students
D-PublicManchester Academic CSElementary · Grades K–8 · 384 students
DCharterPittsburgh Brookline K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 384 students
CPublicPittsburgh King K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 368 students
DPublicPittsburgh Beechwood K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 360 students
C-PublicUrban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh CSElementary · Grades K–5 · 344 students
DCharterPittsburgh Montessori K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 332 students
A-PublicPittsburgh Arsenal K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 331 students
DPublicPittsburgh Banksville K-5Elementary · Grades K–5 · 322 students
C-PublicPropel CS-NorthsideElementary · Grades K–8 · 316 students
D-CharterCatalyst Academy CSElementary · Grades K–5 · 315 students
CharterUrban Pathways K-5 College CSElementary · Grades K–5 · 304 students
D-CharterPittsburgh Minadeo K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 296 students
C-PublicPittsburgh Roosevelt K -5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 278 students
C-PublicPittsburgh Westwood K-5Elementary · Grades K–5 · 278 students
C-PublicPittsburgh Fulton K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 267 students
C-PublicPittsburgh Mifflin K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 256 students
DPublicPittsburgh Sunnyside K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 248 students
C-PublicPittsburgh Phillips K-5Elementary · Grades K–5 · 233 students
C-PublicPropel CS-HazelwoodElementary · Grades K–8 · 230 students
D-CharterPittsburgh Miller K-5Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 218 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.