1
Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Carbondale Area JSHS this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
736
High
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARBONDALE AREA SD·NCES 420498002420
Carbondale Area JSHS
101 Brooklyn Street, Carbondale, PA 18407 · (570) 282-4500 · Lackawanna County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
485 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 145 | 20% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Carbondale Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
27.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.4pp since 2023
Math
12.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 17.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carbondale Area JSHS
Carbondale Area JSHS's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbondale Area JSHS this school | 736 | 65.9% | 29.8% |
| Hanover SHS Hanover | 578 | 66.6% | 51.4% |
| Pottsville Area High School Pottsville | 976 | 59.7% | 50.0% |
| Tamaqua Area SHS Tamaqua | 613 | 57.4% | 54.5% |
| Jim Thorpe Area High School Jim Thorpe | 490 | 61.4% | 55.9% |
| Juniata SHS Mifflintown | 485 | 57.9% | 51.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carbondale Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lackawanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #491 of 576 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #541 of 626 ▼ 35 | #11 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #573 of 626 ▼ 60 | #11 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #257 of 713 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #32 of 601 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #181 of 604 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #268 of 619 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #104 of 221 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
736
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 736 | 71.7 | 10.3:1 | 66% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 80.7 | 9.2:1 | 66% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 778 | 63 | 12.3:1 | 46% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 41 | 18.0:1 | 93% (684) |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 46.1 | 14.8:1 | 54% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 56% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 51 | 12.3:1 | 50% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 41 | 18.6:1 | 35% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 730 | 54 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carbondale Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (682 to 736); teachers up 55% (46.1 to 71.7).
About Carbondale Area JSHS
Located in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, Carbondale Area JSHS is a mid-sized high school. It enrolls 736 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 12.
Across its 2 schools, Carbondale Area SD enrolls 1,491 students. Carbondale Area JSHS is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Carbondale Area JSHS is White: 71%. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 11 points below the 81% share among Lackawanna County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
Carbondale Area JSHS has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1, with 71.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 66% at Carbondale Area JSHS.
Carbondale Area JSHS earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Carbondale Area JSHS trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 19.5 points (29.8% versus 49.4%), a bottom-10% result in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lackawanna County show that the median household earns about $66,223 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Lackawanna County has 47 public schools with about 27,006 students, including Carbondale Area JSHS.
Carbondale Elementary School is the nearest public school to Carbondale Area JSHS, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Carbondale Area JSHS, there are 5 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 29.8% is below the 48.2% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Carbondale Area JSHS had 739 students in 2020-21 and 736 in 2024-25, nearly the same. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.0:1 to 10.3:1.
Carbondale Area JSHS has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lackawanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,223
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
27,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carbondale Area SD
- Carbondale Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
Nearby schools
- Carbondale Elementary School0.1 mi · 755
- Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus2.0 mi · 268
- Fell CS2.6 mi · 111
- Lakeland JSHS4.8 mi · 623
- Lakeland Elementary School - Scott Campus4.9 mi · 432
- Valley View Intrmd School5.1 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Carbondale Area JSHSHow large is Carbondale Area JSHS?
Carbondale Area JSHS enrolls approximately 736 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Carbondale Area JSHS serve?
Carbondale Area JSHS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Carbondale Area JSHS?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Carbondale Area JSHS.
What is the student diversity at Carbondale Area JSHS?
Student demographics at Carbondale Area JSHS are roughly 71% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Carbondale Area JSHS in?
Carbondale Area JSHS is part of Carbondale Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.