Dallas Intermediate Sch

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Dallas, Pennsylvania, Dallas Intermediate Sch educates 561 students from grades 3 through 5, run under Dallas SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Dallas Intermediate Sch sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Dallas SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,407 students. Dallas Intermediate Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Dallas Intermediate Sch lists that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Luzerne County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Dallas Intermediate Sch has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Luzerne County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dallas Intermediate Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 70.4%.

In the area at large, Luzerne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,691 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Luzerne County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students), Dallas Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wycallis Primary Center, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dallas Intermediate Sch comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dallas Intermediate Sch has remained close to its prior level, going from 557 students in 2018 to 561 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 92% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.