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West Scranton High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1201 Luzerne St
Scranton, PA 18504
Phone
(570) 348-3616
District
SCRANTON SD
County
LACKAWANNA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1343
Classroom Teachers
98

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

2

(10 is best)

Better than 16.0% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

West Scranton High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
38%
64%
45%
64%
31%
63%
38%
64%
45%
64%
31%
63%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 328 24.4%
Grade 10 370 27.6%
Grade 11 347 25.8%
Grade 12 298 22.2%
Total 1343 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 45.9% 39.3% 65.3%
Black 12.3% 14.2% 15.4%
Hispanic 38.4% 39.6% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.4% 6.2% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 90.6% 97.1% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 90.6% 97.1% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 75,987 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,983.3 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.0% 31.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.0% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 17.5% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 29,892 5,150,940
Single Parent Households With Children 11.3% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.7% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.1% 33.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.2% 15.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.3% 16.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.5% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.0% 17.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.4% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.8% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 14.8% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,922 $97,374,508 58.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $745 $7,311,430 4.4%
Staff $206 $2,021,684 1.2%
General Administration $250 $2,453,500 1.5%
School Administration $672 $6,595,008 3.9%
Operation $1,414 $13,876,996 8.3%
Transportation $391 $3,837,274 2.3%
Other $366 $3,591,924 2.1%
Total Support $4,045 $39,697,630 23.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,134 $30,757,076 18.3%
Total Expenditures $17,101 $167,829,214 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%