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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Clarks Summit El Sch this year?
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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABINGTON HEIGHTS SD·NCES 420201000371
Clarks Summit Elementary School
401 W Grove St, Clarks Summit, PA 18411 · (570) 585-7300 · Lackawanna County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+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
13.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
23 students
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (91).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Based on grade levels within Abington Heights SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
73.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 65.9% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Clarks Summit Elementary School
Clarks Summit Elementary School's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Summit Elementary School this school | 399 | 5.8% | 67.1% |
| Cold Spring Elementary School Doylestown | 470 | 4.9% | 83.9% |
| Hosack Elementary School Allison Park | 348 | 11.2% | 91.7% |
| Richland Elementary School Gibsonia | 470 | 6.6% | 80.7% |
| Ingomar Elementary School Pittsburgh | 344 | 8.7% | 83.7% |
| Fairview Elementary School Pittsburgh | 387 | 7.8% | 95.7% |
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 Clarks Summit Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lackawanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #383 of 1,396 | #5 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #216 of 1,511 ▲ 112 | #4 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #539 of 1,511 ▲ 34 | #8 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #886 of 1,638 | #14 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #843 of 1,528 | #15 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #843 of 1,531 | #17 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.8% | #1,592 of 1,600 | #27 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.0% | #120 of 450 | #2 of 7 |
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
399
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 399 | 30.1 | 13.3:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 26.6 | 16.2:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 24.6 | 17.9:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 27 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 24.4 | 14.0:1 | 22% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 21% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 30 | 12.1:1 | 18% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarks Summit Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (341 to 399); teachers up 24% (24.4 to 30.1).
About Clarks Summit Elementary School
Clarks Summit Elementary School is an elementary school in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, reachable at (570) 585-7300. The grade span is kindergarten through 4, and enrollment is 399 students.
Clarks Summit Elementary School is among 6 schools run by Abington Heights SD, which serves 3,391 students.
White students make up a majority at Clarks Summit Elementary School, at 79%. Other students are 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. For comparison, Lackawanna County is about 81% White. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Clarks Summit Elementary School is 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.3:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 6%. That is 66 points below the 72% average for public schools in Lackawanna County.
allk12 grades Clarks Summit Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Clarks Summit Elementary School are 8.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (67.1% actual, 75.1% predicted).
Lackawanna County has these Census figures: the median household income is $66,223, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Lackawanna County has 47 public schools and roughly 27,006 students.
Abington Heights High School is located about 1.1 miles from Clarks Summit Elementary School. The five-mile area around Clarks Summit Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 61.0% proficiency; Clarks Summit Elementary School posts 67.1%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 17 more students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Abington Heights SD
- Abington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Abington Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
- Waverly SchoolElementary · 307 students
- South Abington SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Newton-Ransom Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Other schools in Clarks Summit
- Abington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Abington Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
- Newton-Ransom Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Nearby schools
- Abington Heights High School1.1 mi · 1,115
- South Abington School1.3 mi · 301
- Waverly School2.6 mi · 307
- Newton-Ransom Elementary School2.6 mi · 196
- Abington Heights Middle School2.7 mi · 1,073
- Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County3.6 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About Clarks Summit Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clarks Summit Elementary School?
Clarks Summit Elementary School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Clarks Summit Elementary School serve?
Clarks Summit Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Clarks Summit Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Clarks Summit Elementary School.
How diverse is Clarks Summit Elementary School?
Clarks Summit Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Clarks Summit Elementary School?
Clarks Summit Elementary School is overseen by Abington Heights SD in Lackawanna County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.