Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCRANTON SD·NCES 422109005149
Charles Sumner #18
North Sumner Ave & Swetland St, Scranton, PA 18504 · (570) 348-3688 · Lackawanna County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
247 students
DISTRICT 101% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (46).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
27.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.5pp since 2023
Math
31.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.0pp 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 32 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 32.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Charles Sumner #18
Charles Sumner #18's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Sumner #18 this school | 250 | 98.8% | 37.8% |
| March Elementary School Easton | 296 | 98.6% | 52.6% |
| Buchanan Elementary School Chambersburg | 251 | 95.2% | 43.8% |
| Ross Elementary School Lancaster | 281 | 94.0% | 40.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Bethlehem | 238 | 86.1% | 29.7% |
| Richmond School Philadelphia | 351 | 96.3% | 33.6% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Charles Sumner #18 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lackawanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,090 of 1,396 | #18 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #1,126 of 1,511 ▼ 47 | #18 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,247 of 1,511 ▼ 125 | #21 of 26 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #1,413 of 1,638 | #23 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,475 of 1,528 | #25 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #237 of 1,531 | #9 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #405 of 1,600 | #8 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #269 of 1,045 | #10 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
250
-37 (-13%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 250 | 14.5 | 17.2:1 | 99% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 17.8 | 13.9:1 | 100% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 17.4 | 13.6:1 | 100% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 99% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 19.5 | 16.1:1 | 69% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 19 | 17.6:1 | 85% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 66% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 241 | 15 | 16.1:1 | 44% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 16 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Sumner #18.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (315 to 250); teachers down 26% (19.5 to 14.5).
About Charles Sumner #18
Charles Sumner #18, a small elementary school, is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The school offers pre-K through 4 and enrolls 250 students. The school is 44% below the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Scranton SD runs 15 schools with a combined 9,165 students. Charles Sumner #18 is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Charles Sumner #18, about 50 are Hispanic, the largest group. Other students are 30% White, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 10% Hispanic share among all Lackawanna County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Charles Sumner #18 has 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.2:1. The school's 17.2:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. That is 27 points above the 72% average for public schools in Lackawanna County.
Charles Sumner #18 earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Charles Sumner #18 posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.8%, compared with a predicted 35.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Lackawanna County, where the median household earns about $66,223 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Lackawanna County, 47 public schools serve about 27,006 students.
Scranton High School sits about 0.6 miles from Charles Sumner #18. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Charles Sumner #18 ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Charles Sumner #18 as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 13%. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 17.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Scranton High School0.6 mi · 1,815
- West Scranton High School0.7 mi · 1,404
- West Scranton Intrmd School0.9 mi · 820
- Frances Willard #320.9 mi · 345
- Isaac Tripp Elementary School0.9 mi · 710
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Frequently asked questions
About Charles Sumner #18How many students attend Charles Sumner #18?
Charles Sumner #18 enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-04.
Is Charles Sumner #18 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles Sumner #18 is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Charles Sumner #18 have?
Charles Sumner #18 employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Charles Sumner #18?
Student demographics at Charles Sumner #18 are roughly 30% White, 50% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles Sumner #18?
Charles Sumner #18 is overseen by Scranton SD in Lackawanna County.
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