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Clear Run Intrmd School
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 238 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 217 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 232 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 232 | 25% |
School pathway
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.1% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 32.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% 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%.
Schools most like Clear Run Intrmd School
Clear Run Intrmd School's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Run Intrmd School this school | 919 | 99.2% | 35.7% |
| Clear Run El Center Tobyhanna | 658 | 99.5% | N/A |
| Forrest Edwin School Philadelphia | 841 | 97.4% | 21.7% |
| Disston Hamilton School Philadelphia | 737 | 99.9% | 13.8% |
| Isaac Tripp Elementary School Scranton | 710 | 94.5% | 29.4% |
| The Philadelphia CS for Arts and Sciences at HR Edmunds Philadelphia | 885 | 94.8% | 12.8% |
Where Clear Run Intrmd School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,112 of 1,396 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,120 of 1,511 ▼ 36 | #12 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #1,237 of 1,511 ▼ 43 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 919 | #42 of 1,638 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #190 of 1,528 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #111 of 1,531 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #364 of 1,600 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #355 of 1,045 | #6 of 13 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 919 | 84.2 | 10.9:1 | 99% (912) |
| 2023-24 | 907 | 86.4 | 10.5:1 | 100% (904) |
| 2022-23 | 922 | 90.5 | 10.2:1 | 74% (678) |
| 2020-21 | 1,038 | 96 | 10.8:1 | 62% (647) |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 97.1 | 11.5:1 | 77% (857) |
| 2015-16 | 1,103 | 91 | 12.1:1 | 77% (844) |
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,120 to 919); teachers down 13% (97.1 to 84.2).
About Clear Run Intrmd School
Clear Run Intrmd School, a large elementary school, is located in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. The school serves 919 students in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 107% above that.
Pocono Mountain SD runs 9 schools with a combined 7,781 students. Clear Run Intrmd School is one of them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Clear Run Intrmd School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 40%. The remaining shares are 29% Black, 24% White, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Monroe County's population at about 18%. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Clear Run Intrmd School total 84.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.9:1. That is 2.2 students per teacher below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 99%. Among public schools in Monroe County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Clear Run Intrmd School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Pennsylvania, Clear Run Intrmd School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.7% actual against a predicted 35.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Monroe County show that the median household income is $83,565, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Clear Run Intrmd School is one of 29 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Clear Run El Center, is about 0.1 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Clear Run Intrmd School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Clear Run Intrmd School is Rural: Fringe.
The school enrolled 919 students in 2024-25, 119 fewer than the 1,038 it had in 2020-21.
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