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Tunkhannock High School

Serves grades 8 - 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
135 Tiger Drive
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Phone
(570) 836-3111
District
TUNKHANNOCK AREA SD
County
WYOMING COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
896
Classroom Teachers
66

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

6

(10 is best)

Better than 53.0% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Tunkhannock High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
39%
55%
56%
16%
23%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
66%
64%
55%
64%
77%
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
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 153 17.1%
Grade 9 189 21.1%
Grade 10 171 19.1%
Grade 11 207 23.1%
Grade 12 176 19.6%
Total 896 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 97.2% 97.6% 65.3%
Black 0.8% 0.5% 15.4%
Hispanic 1.3% 1.3% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.3% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 42.6% 74.8% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 40.4% 73.8% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 1.0% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,072 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 60.8 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.4% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.9% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.6% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 21.5% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,387 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 7.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.4% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.4% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.2% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.5% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.2% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.6% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.3% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.0% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 6.1% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,214 $26,663,162 58.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,131 $2,468,973 5.5%
Staff $630 $1,375,290 3.0%
General Administration $567 $1,237,761 2.7%
School Administration $709 $1,547,747 3.4%
Operation $1,910 $4,169,530 9.2%
Transportation $1,377 $3,005,991 6.6%
Other $244 $532,652 1.2%
Total Support $6,569 $14,340,127 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,959 $4,276,497 9.4%
Total Expenditures $20,742 $45,279,786 100.0%
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%