Hartwood El Sch vs Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5

Hartwood El Sch and Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 sit 10.7 miles apart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but their position in the state standings reveals a meaningful gap. Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 ranks #89 of 2,842 Pennsylvania elementary schools, placing it in the top 3% statewide. Hartwood El Sch ranks #143 of 2,842 — still elite, top 5% — but trails Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 by 54 spots. The overall rating gap is narrow at just 0.2 points, yet the state rank difference signals that Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 edges ahead on the dimensions that drive rankings most.

The two schools diverge sharply when academics and growth are separated. Hartwood El Sch holds a 9.6/10 academic score against Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5's 8.5/10 — a 1.1-point advantage that reflects stronger raw proficiency on state assessments. The growth picture flips entirely: Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 scores 9.1/10 on growth versus Hartwood El Sch's 7.9/10, a 1.2-point gap indicating that Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 is accelerating student progress at a notably faster rate relative to academic starting points. That growth premium is what lifts Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 above Hartwood in the overall ranking despite the lower proficiency score.

The demographic profiles of the two schools could hardly be more different. Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 enrolls 626 students compared to Hartwood El Sch's 392, making it 60% larger. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility stands at 95% at Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 versus 31% at Hartwood El Sch — a 64-point gap that reflects dramatically different family income distributions. Both schools offer similarly close adult attention: Hartwood El Sch's student-teacher ratio is 11.2:1 and Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5's is 10.1:1, a modest difference that puts both well below Pennsylvania norms.

Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 extends its grade range down to pre-kindergarten, while Hartwood El Sch begins at kindergarten. For families with a four-year-old, that PK entry point at Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 provides an earlier on-ramp into the same building and teaching staff their child will stay with through fifth grade. Both schools serve through fifth grade, so the K–5 progression itself is equivalent.