Schools in Mount Oliver · Pittsburgh School District

Mount Oliver’s public schools score below 73% of Pennsylvania districts on tests and graduation

23% of students in Mount Oliver’s public schools are proficient in math, below the Pennsylvania average (36%). The grade covers the public school district serving Mount Oliver, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Pennsylvania, not nationally.

#913of 1,037 Pennsylvania townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Pennsylvania state tests taken in spring 2022, when 94% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

42%

▼ 13 pts vs PA 55%

2021–22

Math proficiency

23%

▼ 13 pts vs PA 36%

2021–22

Graduate on time

86%

▼ 2 pts vs PA 88%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$25.7K

▲ 18% vs PA $21.8K

FY2024

Students per teacher

12.1

PA 13.4 · smaller classes

Schools in town

18,723 students on the public path

In brief

Mount Oliver’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 1098 Pennsylvania towns with household incomes within a quarter of Mount Oliver’s, its schools beat 15%, lower than their 27% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 42% of tested students were proficient in reading and 23% in math, against 55% and 36% statewide; 94% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

86% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Pennsylvania. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $25,747 per student, against $21,758 across Pennsylvania (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

34 elementary schools, then 24 middle and ten high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is down 9% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Mount Oliver’s grade

C Test scoresC⁻ Graduation

C: better than 27% of Pennsylvania school districts, #913 of 1,037 Pennsylvania towns. Both inputs trail the Pennsylvania average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Pennsylvania school districts we grade (688)Better than 27%

Lower resultsHigher results

Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (1098)Better than 15%

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 9,226 test results and a graduating class of 1,367 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 94% of Mount Oliver’s students in the tested grades sat them (8,986 in math, 9,465 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Mount Oliver, with each school’s own grade.

34 schools teach K in Mount Oliver’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A−, so check the specific school.

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Mount Oliver’s public schools score below 73% of Pennsylvania districts on tests and graduation

Mount Oliver’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

34 elementary schools, then 24 middle and ten high schools

What’s behind Mount Oliver’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Well below the state in reading

Mount Oliver vs. its neighbors

Every school in Mount Oliver

Questions about Mount Oliver’s schools

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