Summary:
The 15220 zip code in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is home to a single middle school, Pittsburgh Classical 6-8, which serves grades 6-8. This public magnet school is part of the Pittsburgh School District, which is ranked 450 out of 606 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Pittsburgh Classical 6-8 has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 604 out of 873 Pennsylvania middle schools in 2024-2025 to 694 out of 893 in 2022-2023. The school's academic performance is generally below state and district averages, with only 10.9% of students proficient or better in PSSA Math in 2024-2025, compared to 27.9% for the Pittsburgh School District and 41.7% for Pennsylvania. In PSSA English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rate of 39.2% is on par with the district but below the state average of 48.5%. The school has a high dropout rate of 1.4% for the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite the school's challenges, it does have some positive attributes, such as a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.8 and high per-student spending of $32,195 for the 2022-2023 school year. However, these factors do not seem to be translating into stronger academic outcomes for the students, who come from a high-poverty background with 99.64% of them receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
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