Total enrollment
1,480
-262 (-15%) vs SY 2017-18
3 schools in Jim Thorpe
Pennsylvania · Public K-12
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania has 3 public K-12 schools in service today, teaching roughly 1,480 students (an average of 493 per campus).
7-year change in Jim Thorpe
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
3
0 (0%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
83%
was 85%
% Hispanic
11%
was 7%
% Black
3%
was 5%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
| Name | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Career & Technical Institute | High | 09-12 | 375 |
| Jim Thorpe Area HS | High | 09-12 | 490 |
| L B Morris El Sch | Elementary | PK-08 | 615 |
About Jim Thorpe
Across Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, 3 public schools hosts about 1,480 students between them.
For a sense of the school types, the city is built around 1 elementary, and 2 high.
Per-campus enrollment runs near 493, noticeably below the state mean of about 569.
Looking at the last 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 15%: 1,742 students in SY 2017-18 versus 1,480 in SY 2024-25. Demographically, the Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 7% to 11%.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Jim Thorpe discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.