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Center Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
201 Center New Texas Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15239
Phone
(412) 795-4420
District
PLUM BOROUGH SD
County
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
462
Classroom Teachers
32

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

9

(10 is best)

Better than 84.8% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Center Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
63%
50%
64%
53%
62%
48%
63%
50%
64%
53%
62%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
69%
48%
72%
52%
65%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
17
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 83 18.0%
Grade 1 102 22.1%
Grade 2 86 18.6%
Grade 3 91 19.7%
Grade 4 100 21.6%
Total 462 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.6% 90.6% 65.3%
Black 7.9% 6.1% 15.4%
Hispanic 3.2% 1.8% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 1.4% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.9% 20.4% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 24.9% 20.1% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.4% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,123 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 936.4 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.6% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.7% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.1% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 19.9% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,834 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 6.4% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.2% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 38.3% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.7% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 25.8% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.1% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.9% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.6% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.3% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 4.5% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,296 $33,214,608 53.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $682 $2,436,786 4.0%
Staff $192 $686,016 1.1%
General Administration $476 $1,700,748 2.8%
School Administration $541 $1,932,993 3.1%
Operation $1,388 $4,959,324 8.0%
Transportation $719 $2,568,987 4.2%
Other $422 $1,507,806 2.4%
Total Support $4,421 $15,796,233 25.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,542 $12,655,566 20.5%
Total Expenditures $17,259 $61,666,407 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%