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Foster El School

Grades: K-5

Students: 304

Type: Public

9/10

GreatSchools Rating

Student-Teacher Ratio: 13:1

Student-Counselor Ratio: 253:1

Certified Teachers: 100%

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Mt Lebanon School District

700 Vermont Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15234

(412) 344-2162

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8/10

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Principal Ramsey is an excellent educator and leader. My two children with learning differences excelled with the support provided here, going from having reading difficulties to testing in the 90th percentile. Mrs. Phillips is incredible as well.Unfortunately all that support disappears when you ge

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Posted by a parent on 8/14/2021

This school has a caring and dedicated staff that makes learning fun and school enjoyable! The curriculum is great and teachers that my daughter has had have been wonderful. It is a small neighborhood school with a dedicated PTA and principal. We moved in to the district when my daughter started 2nd

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Posted by a parent on 3/24/2017

We moved to the neighborhood for the school and have never been disappointed. The principal is especially fantastic. His competency trickles down to the teachers and staff. Great little school.

Posted by a parent on 2/25/2017

The teaching staff will need courses on behavioral management. Foster was built on excellence and the younger teachers entering this school need to keep those standards high.

Posted by a parent on 3/12/2014

I came to Mount Lebanon for a wonderful school system. Definitely not what I got. A majority of the teachers in the upper elementary grades don't seem to have teaching as their #1 priority. My son came home saying that his teacher accidentally uses a bad word or swearing word all the time and she te

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Posted by a parent on 1/6/2014

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Pittsburgh schools - Foster El School is located at 700 Vermont Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15234. Foster El School is in the Mt Lebanon School District. Foster El School is a Public school that serves grade levels K-5.