The top reported proficiency rate is 89% in Science. The lowest is 79% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Ingomar El Sch
Ingomar Elementary is a neighborhood school within the North Allegheny School District in Pittsburgh, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. The enrollment is small, concentrated across six grades in the low hundreds, with a student body that is predominantly White and drawn from relatively affluent families; fewer than one in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's demographic profile is notably homogeneous, with Asian students comprising a small share of the enrollment and other racial or ethnic backgrounds represented in very small numbers.
Academically, Ingomar sits above where most schools in Allegheny County operate. Recent state testing shows the school performing in math proficiency near the top quartile relative to county districts. In English language arts, proficiency rates are strong, and in science, the school's results place it among the higher-performing schools in the region. The school is holding steady on achievement, though trend data was not available to show whether the results represent growth, decline, or stability over time.
Ingomar sits within a growth and renovation context that matters for families considering enrollment. The North Allegheny district has launched a multi-hundred-million-dollar capital renovation program affecting Ingomar, Hosack, and Peebles elementary schools alongside the intermediate and senior high schools. Design work is underway for 2025-26, with construction beginning in spring 2027 and extending through 2028 for elementary buildings. The district shifted the 2026-27 school calendar earlier in the summer to accommodate construction. For a family with a child entering the school now, this means the child will likely experience a modernized building within the next few years, but also construction-related activity during the time they are enrolled.
The district has also adopted a new strategic plan with a public balanced scorecard that reports annual key performance indicators by school through 2028-29, giving parents transparent, year-by-year data on whether individual schools are meeting growth targets in state testing, academic acceleration and other measures.
On tax burden, the North Allegheny district maintains one of the lower property tax millage rates in Allegheny County and in 2023 eliminated a per-capita tax on residents, a small but real reduction in the overall tax load. The housing market in the area supports home values and rental costs consistent with a stable, affluent suburban setting. The ZIP code includes homes ranging from modest to high-value, with inventory and median prices reflecting the broader Allegheny County market.
One gap in the available data: information about special services and programs at Ingomar, such as whether the school has a gifted program, language instruction, or other specific academic tracks, was not available. Similarly, data on student attendance and discipline were not provided. A parent may want to contact the school directly to learn about these dimensions and to see how the school's current academic work in reading, math and science looks in practice in classrooms and hallways.
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