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Clear Run Intrmd Sch
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Clear Run Intrmd Sch
As an expansive elementary campus in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, Clear Run Intrmd Sch teaches 919 students from grades 3 through 6, part of Pocono Mountain SD. That puts it 107% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.
Pocono Mountain SD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 7,781 students. Clear Run Intrmd Sch is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Clear Run Intrmd Sch reports that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 24% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Clear Run Intrmd Sch has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Clear Run Intrmd Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Monroe County's rate of about 74%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clear Run Intrmd Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.7%.
Across the wider county, census data for Monroe County shows median household earnings sit near $83,565, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students), Clear Run Intrmd Sch is one campus in the mix.
Clear Run El Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Clear Run Intrmd Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clear Run Intrmd Sch at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clear Run Intrmd Sch has ticked down 18%, going from 1,120 students in 2018 to 919 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 34% to 40% over that span.
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