Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 598 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYOMING VALLEY WEST SD·NCES 422595006392
Chester Street Elementary School
110 East Chester Street, Kingston, PA 18704 · (570) 287-2438 · Luzerne County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
287 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 25% |
This year's 1st grade class (50) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wyoming Valley West SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
29.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 19.1% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Chester Street Elementary School
Chester Street Elementary School's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Street Elementary School this school | 294 | 97.6% | 35.2% |
| Bridgeport Elementary School Bridgeport | 254 | 95.7% | 48.7% |
| West Pottsgrove Elementary School Stowe | 252 | 98.8% | N/A |
| Weigelstown Elementary School Dover | 323 | 97.8% | 57.3% |
| Marion Elementary School Chambersburg | 292 | 91.1% | 45.6% |
| Richard J. Hyde Elementary School Moon Township | 237 | 90.7% | 61.7% |
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 Chester Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #1,120 of 1,396 | #20 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,162 of 1,511 ▲ 113 | #19 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,007 of 1,511 ▲ 124 | #15 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #1,268 of 1,638 | #29 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,016 of 1,528 | #7 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #91 of 1,531 | #1 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #473 of 1,600 | #13 of 37 |
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
294
+35 (+14%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 294 | 21.3 | 13.8:1 | 98% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 19.7 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 20.9 | 14.3:1 | 100% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 56% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 173 | 12.5 | 13.8:1 | 43% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 177 | 12 | 14.8:1 | 45% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 235 | 16 | 14.7:1 | 34% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 14% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 18 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chester Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 70% (173 to 294); teachers up 70% (12.5 to 21.3).
About Chester Street Elementary School
Chester Street Elementary School is one of the public schools in Kingston, Pennsylvania. It is a small elementary school. Enrollment is 294 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 1 through 5. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 34% smaller than average.
The district, Wyoming Valley West SD, operates 6 schools serving 4,894 students.
Chester Street Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Luzerne County overall, about 76% of residents are White. Chester Street Elementary School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Chester Street Elementary School operates with 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 13.8:1 here. Chester Street Elementary School reports 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 85% average for public schools in Luzerne County is 13 points.
Chester Street Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Chester Street Elementary School would score about 35.8%. It scores 35.2%, within a point of that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Luzerne County show that the median household income is $63,691, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Chester Street Elementary School is one of 65 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Chester Street Elementary School is Wyoming Valley West Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Chester Street Elementary School is behind the 43.5% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
Chester Street Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 294, a 14% increase from 259 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.2 to 13.8 over 4 years.
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Luzerne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
327,675
Census ACS
Median income
$63,691
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
45,209 students
Quick facts
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- Wyoming Valley West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,139 students
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Nearby schools
- Wyoming Valley West Middle School0.1 mi · 1,139
- Third Avenue Elementary School0.4 mi · 97
- West Side Career & Technology Center1.2 mi · 437
- Daniel J Flood Elementary School1.5 mi · 616
- Dana El Center1.7 mi · 626
- Wilkes-Barre Area High School1.7 mi · 2,569
Frequently asked questions
About Chester Street Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chester Street Elementary School?
Chester Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades 01-05.
Is Chester Street Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chester Street Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Chester Street Elementary School have?
Chester Street Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Chester Street Elementary School?
Student demographics at Chester Street Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 24% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Chester Street Elementary School public or private?
Chester Street Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wyoming Valley West SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.