| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| School Type |
Magnet School |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Allegheny County, PA |
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| Total Students |
1302 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
51% /
49% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
94 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 408 students | | Grade 10 - 381 students | | Grade 11 - 284 students | | Grade 12 - 229 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:14 |
1:16 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
1% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
1% |
3% |
| % Black |
37% |
14% |
| % White |
61% |
81% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
40% |
20% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
6% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Pittsburgh Sd School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
85 |
4 |
| Number of Students Managed |
34,139 students |
2,220 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$578,393,000 |
$24,078,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$616,591,000 |
$23,565,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$16,942 |
$10,846 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$18,061 |
$10,615 |
| District Graduation Rates |
76% |
95% |
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- Brashear High School is a public school in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Brashear is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
- Established in 1976, it is named in the honor of John A. Brashear, a pioneering astronomer and inventor. It was created to help with segregation issues in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The Pittsburgh Board of Education closed Fifth Avenue High School, Gladstone High School in Hazelwood and South Hills High School and merged the students in the then-state-of-the-art building with 5000 or more students attending. The school open with protesters from Brookline and Beechview communities, as well as the Hill and Hazelwood, the school had mass media coverage, and School Security and local Police were on hand the first week of school in 1976, this was a new direction for the Board of Education. The school colors are black and gold, and the original school mascot were Bullets, depicted by two large bullets with a mean faces and fists clenched. They were replaced in the late 1990s with a new mascot the Bull in response to parental complaints that the Brashears could incite violence in students.
- Computer Science Magnet
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Brashear High School offers the Computer Science magnet for the City of Pittsburgh. Students have the opportunity to take four years of programming courses.
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School Information
- Pittsburgh Brashear High School is a neighborhood school located in Pittsburgh's Beechview community. The Computer Science magnet program is housed at Pittsburgh Brashear. This program is open to all students, by application. Applications must be submitted during the General Registration period.
- Pittsburgh Brashear's instructional program is designed around the District's comprehensive curriculum.
- More information about school programs, procedures and expectations is available in the School Handbook.
- Percentage of students at Proficient/Advanced levels on PSSA Reading and Math Tests:
- Enrollment:Total Students: 1,082African-American: 398 (36.78%)American Indian: 1 (0.09%)Asian: 34 (3.14%)Hispanic: 19 (1.76%)Multi-Racial: 28 (2.59%)White: 602 (55.64%)Male Students: 570 (52.68%)Female Students: 512 (47.32%)
- Enrollment information is updated on the first day of each month. Enrollment figures may change based on student transfers and new registrations.
- Quick Facts:Intensive community service and leadership activities.Library houses 34 computers for research and a classroom with a Smart Board for lessons; extensive collection computerized for circulation so that any computer in the building can access the card catalog system for holdings.Wide array of activities, including Student Council, interscholastic and intramural sports, debate and mock trial teams, mathematics, literary and science competitions and a variety of school clubs.Special Education Programs:Autistic SupportLife Skills SupportLearning Support/Emotional SupportBlind/Visually Impaired Support Deaf/Hearing Impaired SupportRehabilitation CounselorsCenters for Advanced Studies (CAS) (Gifted Education)
- More information is available in the Special Education section of the District website.
- External links
- Brashear High School
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (15216) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
24,691 people |
11,396,563 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
39% |
22% |
| Population Average Age |
38 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.2 persons
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2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$39,526
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$41,073 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.7 rooms |
5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
70 years old |
51 years old |
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Zipcode (15216)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
63% / 37% |
69% / 31% |
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