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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 56 schools
An equity score of 86/100 ranks Pittsburgh Sd #20 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $24,314 per pupil, Pittsburgh Sd ranks #30 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
20,034
Total Enrollment
56
Schools
$24,314
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pittsburgh Sd operates 56 public schools serving 20,034 students, placing it among the larger districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 35 combined, 10 elementary, 7 middle, 4 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a sizeable portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Allegheny County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,314 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 68 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.7% local, 38.2% state, and 10.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 86/100, ranked #20 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 9 of 56 schools offering Advanced Placement (77 AP courses district-wide), a 263.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 42.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.6% African American, 26.0% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pittsburgh Concord K-5, with a diversity index of 76.3/100.
Its largest campus is Pittsburgh Allderdice Hs, enrolling 1,386 students (7% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pittsburgh Oliver, at 48 students, a 29x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pittsburgh Sd school enrollment varies 29× across entities
Pittsburgh Sd school enrollment ranges from 48 students (lowest) to 1,386 students (highest), a spread of 1,338 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Pittsburgh Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 93.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Pittsburgh Sd student-counselor ratio is 263:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Pittsburgh Sd is typically wider than the Pittsburgh Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Pittsburgh Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 42.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.