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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Highcliff El Sch, Pittsburgh, PA

Highcliff El Sch is a public elementary school in Pittsburgh, part of North Hills SD. It enrolled 519 students in 2024-25, with 11.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
519
Teachers (FTE)
44.0
Students per teacher
11.8
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower than the district figure of 13.3. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.8
District13.3
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
156 Peony Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15229
Phone
(412)318-1582
District
North Hills SD
County
Allegheny County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
421722007348
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
148
Reduced-price lunch
16
Free or reduced-price lunch
16431.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in North Hills SD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Pittsburgh

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.