✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades 9-12 400 students 10.4 students per teacher Roman Catholic All-girls 98% to 4-year college
Private high schools in Pittsburgh, PA
34 in Pittsburgh or within 6 miles; schools in Pittsburgh itself count at any distance from downtown. 6 are on the state’s OSTC list. Private schools that teach grade 9 or above, going by the grade span each school gave the federal survey.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades 9-12 712 students 11.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic All-boys 92% to 4-year college
✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades 9-12 36 students 4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades PreK-12 356 students 7 students per teacher Jewish Co-ed 50% to 4-year college
✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades 9-12 433 students 12.2 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed 86% to 4-year college
✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades K-12 643 students 11.1 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed 90% to 4-year college
Upmc Western Psychiatric Hospital
under 1 mi Grades 1-12 44 students 8.8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed
Grades PreK-12 180 students 5.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed
Yeshiva Boys School
3 mi Grades K-11 146 students 7 students per teacher Jewish All-boys
Grades K-12 293 students 5.6 students per teacher Jewish Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12 234 students 10.7 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 22% to 4-year college
Grades 1-12 93 students 5.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
New Outlook Academy
3 mi Grades 7-12 53 students 4.8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Alternative All-girls 0% to 4-year college
Grades K-12 170 students 5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed
Yeshiva Girls School
3 mi Grades K-12 156 students 6.5 students per teacher Jewish All-girls 100% to 4-year college
Grades 4-12 41 students 4.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Grades 1-12 56 students 4.7 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Ellis School
3 mi Grades PreK-12 367 students 5.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian All-girls 100% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12 60 students 7.7 students per teacher Other religious Co-ed 67% to 4-year college
Tolatr Academy
4 mi Grades K-12 15 students 3.4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades 2-12 85 students 5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Plea School
5 mi Grades K-10 44 students 6.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed
Grades PreK-12 136 students 3.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 50% to 4-year college
Grades 5-12 48 students 8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
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What Pennsylvania pays
Pennsylvania EITC and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credits Tax-credit scholarship
Set by each scholarship organization. Opportunity Scholarships go up to $8,500, or $15,000 for a student with a disability EITC has no statewide maximum, and no scholarship may exceed tuition and fees. Students at schools in the economically disadvantaged schools supplement can get up to $2,000 more ($4,000 in secondary school). The state’s September 2026 OSTC guidelines restate the $8,500 and $15,000 maximums. EdChoice reports average awards of $2,613 (EITC) and $2,699 (OSTC) in 2022-23.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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