| Definition of Terms |
Pittsburgh High School Creat & Per Arts |
| 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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| Awards |
 Blue Ribbon School – Selected in
2009 |
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| Total Students |
532 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
31% /
69% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
36 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 173 students | | Grade 10 - 138 students | | Grade 11 - 112 students | | Grade 12 - 109 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:15 |
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 |
38% |
14% |
| % White |
60% |
81% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
20% |
20% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
4% |
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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- Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 (CAPA) is a magnet school located in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. CAPA is one of four 6th to 12th grade schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
- CAPA offers students six art majors: visual arts, literary arts, theater, instrumental music, vocal music, and dance. The theater major includes traditional theater, musical theater, technical theater, and costume design. Arts classes are taught by adjunct faculty who are working professionals in their respective fields.
- Admission is by portfolio or audition. It also offers a complete range of academic studies including Pittsburgh Scholars Program (PSP) and Centers for Advanced Study (CAS), along with activities like the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, yearbook, newspaper, student council, Amnesty International, Model United Nations, Science Olympiad, and ski club.
- CAPA opened in September 1979 with just 35 students and it was housed in Baxter Elementary School in the Homewood neighborhood. The school moved into its current space at Ninth Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard at the beginning of the 2003-2004 school year.
- The 8-story, building is a world-class facility that includes a 400-seat auditorium, a black box theatre, an art gallery, media arts center, television studio, fitness center, computer labs, and special rehearsal spaces for all the departments. This new location allows students to study their crafts in the hub of Pittsburgh's cultural center and to easily collaborate with working artists from across the city, region, state, and country. Pittsburgh CAPA has just became one of four 6-12 schools in Pittsburgh collaborating with CAPA 6-8.
- Departments
- Literary arts
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Mission Statement: The literary arts program at CAPA is a four year, intensive course of study in creative writing—one of only a dozen nationwide. Students participate in many activities including the national Poetry Out Loud competition, and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
- Visual arts
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Students in the Visual Arts Department learn the fundamentals of painting, drawing, sculpting, ceramics, photography, printmaking, digital media, art history, and fiber arts. Student work is regularly displayed around the school as well as on the Astrovision (Jumbo-Tron) which can be seen outside the building and in the lunch hall.
- Dance
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Mission Statement: Emphasis is placed on the theory and practice of refining and enhancing dance technique, understanding and applying corrections and stimulating creativity within each student.
- Theatre
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Straight Theatre/Musical Theatre/Costume/Technical Theatre
- The theatre department provides a 4 year structured course in various forms of Musical and straight theatre. Every year the musical theatre students perform in 2 recitals and the All School Musical along with many other opportunities through the year.
- Instrumental music
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Classes available to instrumental music majors include orchestra, wind ensemble, string orchestra, chamber music ensembles, various jazz bands, music/jazz theory, music history, piano lab. Each student receives a weekly private lesson with a faculty member specializing on his/her instrument.
- Vocal Music
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The Voice Department offers students unique and rewarding educational experiences through its sequential four-year curriculum, through collaborative with professional music organizations, and through a variety of performance opportunities and Master Classes. Students in grades 10-12 receive a weekly private voice lesson. Students will perform in large and small ensemble. Students are also required to participate in the Opera Workshop class and perform in the yearly Opera. Other classes include: music theory, piano lab, music history, solfeggio, eurhythmics, and the creative music technology class.
- External links
- Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 website
- Pittsburgh Public Schools
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| About This Zip Code (15222) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
1,999 people |
11,396,563 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
34% |
22% |
| Population Average Age |
40 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
1.3 persons
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2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$18,598
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$41,073 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
3.1 rooms |
5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
70 years old |
51 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
22% / 78% |
69% / 31% |
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