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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

27 public elementary schools in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Nescopeck Elementary School leads the list at 64.1%, against a median of 40.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
27
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Top % Proficient (Reading)
64.1%
Median % Proficient (Reading)
40.5%
BEST IN READING · LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% Proficient (Reading)Rank change
1Nescopeck Elementary SchoolNescopeck, PABerwick Area SDElementary15164.1%—
2Fairview Elementary SchoolMountaintop, PACrestwood SDElementary61261.6%▲ 3
3Dallas Intermediate SchoolDallas, PADallas SDElementary56159.5%▼ 1
4Rice Elementary SchoolMountain Top, PACrestwood SDElementary73557.1%▼ 1
5East Berwick Elementary SchoolBerwick, PABerwick Area SDElementary53955.9%▲ 1
6Wyoming Area Primary CenterWyoming, PAWyoming Area SDElementary46555.3%▼ 2
7Lehman-Jackson Elementary SchoolDallas, PALake-Lehman SDElementary41152.8%▲ 4
8Lake-Noxen Elementary SchoolHarvey's Lake, PALake-Lehman SDElementary23651.9%▼ 1
9Drums El/MSDrums, PAHazleton Area SDElementary84249.1%▲ 1
10Dana El CenterForty Fort, PAWyoming Valley West SDElementary62644.2%▲ 6
11Valley El/MSSugarloaf, PAHazleton Area SDElementary95743.5%▲ 2
12Bear Creek Community CSBear Creek Township, PABear Creek Community CSElementary60442.9%▼ 3
13Pittston City Intrmd CenterPittston, PAPittston Area SDElementary73041.4%▼ 1
14Solomon/Plains Elementary SchoolPlains, PAWilkes-Barre Area SDElementary71840.5%▲ 1
15Chester Street Elementary SchoolKingston, PAWyoming Valley West SDElementary29440.4%▲ 3
16Daniel J Flood Elementary SchoolWilkes Barre, PAWilkes-Barre Area SDElementary61640.0%▲ 7
17Ross Elementary SchoolSweet Valley, PALake-Lehman SDElementary16639.8%▼ 9
18Dr David W Kistler Elementary SchoolWilkes Barre, PAWilkes-Barre Area SDElementary96136.8%▲ 1
19Lee Park Elementary SchoolHanover Township, PAHanover Area SDElementary32235.1%▼ 2
20West Hazleton El/MSWest Hazleton, PAHazleton Area SDElementary1,02332.5%no change
21Northwest Area Intermediate SchoolShickshinny, PANorthwest Area SDElementary26029.9%▼ 7
22Dodson Elementary SchoolWilkes Barre, PAWilkes-Barre Area SDElementary52227.4%▲ 5
23Heights/Murray Elementary SchoolWilkes Barre, PAWilkes-Barre Area SDElementary83827.0%▲ 3
24Freeland El/MSFreeland, PAHazleton Area SDElementary99125.7%▼ 3
25Heights Terrace El/MSHazleton, PAHazleton Area SDElementary1,23624.7%▼ 3
26GNA El CenterNanticoke, PAGreater Nanticoke Area SDElementary51322.2%▼ 1
27State El CenterLarksville, PAWyoming Valley West SDElementary1,37621.9%▼ 3

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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