Pittsburgh Montessori K-8 Primary School
201 South Graham St
Pittsburgh PA, 15206, Allegheny County
Phone: 412-665-2010
Ranking: 
(1,918 out of 2,311, bottom 17%)*
(1,918 out of 2,311, bottom 17%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Pittsburgh School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 25 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Total Students: | 400 | 367 | 363 | 368 | 348 | 323 | 321 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 88 | 22.0% | 66 | 18.0% | 65 | 17.9% | 69 | 18.8% | 62 | 17.8% | 45 | 13.9% | 40 | 12.5% |
| Kindergarten: | 45 | 11.3% | 39 | 10.6% | 41 | 11.3% | 44 | 12.0% | 34 | 9.8% | 37 | 11.5% | 44 | 13.7% |
| Grade 1: | 43 | 10.8% | 39 | 10.6% | 49 | 13.5% | 38 | 10.3% | 41 | 11.8% | 40 | 12.4% | 46 | 14.3% |
| Grade 2: | 42 | 10.5% | 45 | 12.3% | 38 | 10.5% | 45 | 12.2% | 41 | 11.8% | 32 | 9.9% | 32 | 10.0% |
| Grade 3: | 46 | 11.5% | 38 | 10.4% | 37 | 10.2% | 44 | 12.0% | 34 | 9.8% | 36 | 11.1% | 35 | 10.9% |
| Grade 4: | 39 | 9.8% | 36 | 9.8% | 41 | 11.3% | 32 | 8.7% | 36 | 10.3% | 38 | 11.8% | 40 | 12.5% |
| Grade 5: | 34 | 8.5% | 45 | 12.3% | 31 | 8.5% | 37 | 10.1% | 39 | 11.2% | 32 | 9.9% | 26 | 8.1% |
| Grade 6: | 23 | 5.8% | 24 | 6.5% | 22 | 6.1% | 26 | 7.1% | 22 | 6.3% | 21 | 6.5% | 20 | 6.2% |
| Grade 7: | 21 | 5.3% | 19 | 5.2% | 20 | 5.5% | 15 | 4.1% | 17 | 4.9% | 21 | 6.5% | 20 | 6.2% |
| Grade 8: | 19 | 4.8% | 16 | 4.4% | 19 | 5.2% | 18 | 4.9% | 22 | 6.3% | 21 | 6.5% | 18 | 5.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 224 | 56.0% | 202 | 55.0% | 195 | 53.7% | 189 | 51.4% | 156 | 44.8% | 146 | 45.2% | 159 | 49.5% |
| Female: | 176 | 44.0% | 165 | 45.0% | 168 | 46.3% | 179 | 48.6% | 164 | 47.1% | 152 | 47.1% | 142 | 44.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 5 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.6% | 11 | 3.0% | 9 | 2.4% | 9 | 2.6% | 6 | 1.9% | 6 | 1.9% |
| Hispanic: | 9 | 2.3% | 8 | 2.2% | 6 | 1.7% | 7 | 1.9% | 7 | 2.0% | 4 | 1.2% | 3 | 0.9% |
| Black: | 166 | 41.5% | 169 | 46.0% | 172 | 47.4% | 182 | 49.5% | 182 | 52.3% | 186 | 57.6% | 193 | 60.1% |
| White: | 197 | 49.3% | 161 | 43.9% | 152 | 41.9% | 147 | 39.9% | 130 | 37.4% | 110 | 34.1% | 103 | 32.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 21 | 5.3% | 22 | 6.0% | 21 | 5.8% | 23 | 6.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 198 | 49.5% | 172 | 46.9% | 172 | 47.4% | 150 | 40.8% | 194 | 55.7% | 155 | 48.0% | 139 | 43.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 17 | 4.3% | 15 | 4.1% | 18 | 5.0% | 3 | 0.8% | 15 | 4.3% | 10 | 3.1% | 18 | 5.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.60 | 16.31 | 16.58 | 15.73 | 15.54 | 13.20 | NA | NA | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73% | 67% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74% | 71% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 67.1% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 73% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 71.3% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 73.9% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 73.7% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 66.1% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 35% | 49% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74% | 52% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 59% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 64.4% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 62% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 59.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 63.3% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 58.3% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 70.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72% | 63.4% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 68.5% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 70.2% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 71.4% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 77.6% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 67.8% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 53.6% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72% | 52.7% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | 54.3% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 55.8% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 57.1% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 61.3% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 55.6% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 66.7% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 63.8% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 60.6% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 64.6% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 63% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 43.7% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 48% | 41.4% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 55.6% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55% | 58.1% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 57.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 58.2% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 63.2% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 61.1% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 66.1% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 61% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 52% | 41.9% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 56% | 43% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 46.2% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 46.4% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 41.7% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 42.6% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 51.8% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 46.9% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 55.5% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 51.9% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 36.6% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.8% | 36.8% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 34.1% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 41.2% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 45% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 50.6% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 47.9% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 51.1% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 56.4% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 58.5% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 61.1% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 65.5% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 64.8% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 64% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 50.4% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 45% | 45.9% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 45.8% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 46.4% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 52.9% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 22.7% | 51.7% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 52.2% | 68.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 51.3% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 48.6% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.9% | 56.7% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 55% | 60.5% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 60.7% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 69.6% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 65.6% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 52.6% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 50.2% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.6% | 54.9% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55% | 53.9% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 56.6% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77% | 64.7% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 64.4% | 76% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 55% | 30.5% | 51.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 38.2% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.3% | 45.8% | 62.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 46.4% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 55% | 50.9% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 57.1% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 35% | 57.9% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 58.8% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 64.1% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 66.7% | 76.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 65% | 45.6% | 63.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 54.3% | 68.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 49.4% | 64.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 57.6% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55% | 57.7% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 66.4% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 65% | 69.9% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 70.9% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 71.8% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 73.4% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.4% | 28.3% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 30.9% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.8% | 32.1% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.6% | 36% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 41.1% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 45.5% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 57.4% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 55.3% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 60% | 60.2% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 60.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 61.5% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 58.6% | 72.7% |
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* Pittsburgh Montessori K-8 Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.