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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Dana El Ctr administration to hear?
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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 598 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYOMING VALLEY WEST SD·NCES 422595002878
Dana El Center
50 Dana Street, Forty Fort, PA 18704 · (570) 283-0591 · Luzerne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
600 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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 Wyoming Valley West SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 21.4% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Dana El Center
Dana El Center's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana El Center this school | 626 | 95.8% | 40.2% |
| Mountville Elementary School Mountville | 552 | 99.5% | 61.6% |
| Hamilton Heights Elementary School Chambersburg | 553 | 98.4% | 54.3% |
| East Petersburg Elementary School East Petersburg | 480 | 95.8% | 63.2% |
| Tobyhanna El Center Pocono Pines | 551 | 99.5% | 55.9% |
| Montessori Regional CS Erie | 626 | 97.9% | 32.2% |
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 Dana El Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #1,060 of 1,396 | #16 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #1,157 of 1,511 ▲ 86 | #18 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #912 of 1,511 ▲ 101 | #10 of 27 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #219 of 1,638 | #14 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,474 of 1,528 | #26 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #410 of 1,531 | #10 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #541 of 1,600 | #14 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #220 of 450 | #10 of 18 |
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
626
+125 (+25%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 626 | 36.3 | 17.2:1 | 96% (600) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 36.3 | 16.5:1 | 100% (600) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 36.1 | 17.1:1 | 100% (617) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 52% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 34.6 | 16.7:1 | 46% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 46% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 49% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 29% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 31 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dana El Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (579 to 626); teachers up 5% (34.6 to 36.3).
About Dana El Center
Dana El Center is an elementary school in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 626 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Wyoming Valley West SD, which runs Dana El Center, has 6 schools and 4,894 students.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Dana El Center. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 76% White among all Luzerne County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Its staff includes 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. Dana El Center has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 96%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Luzerne County is 85%.
Dana El Center earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dana El Center is +3.7 points: 40.2% actual, 36.5% predicted.
For the population of Luzerne County, median household income comes to about $63,691, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Luzerne County's 65 public schools enroll about 45,209 students and include Dana El Center.
West Side Career & Technology Center is about 1.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Dana El Center is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Dana El Center at 3rd of 7.
Dana El Center is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school grew from 501 students in 2020-21 to 626 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.2:1.
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Luzerne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
327,675
Census ACS
Median income
$63,691
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
45,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wyoming Valley West SD
- State El CenterElementary · 1,376 students
- Wyoming Valley West SHSHigh · 1,362 students
- Wyoming Valley West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,139 students
- Chester Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Third Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 97 students
Nearby schools
- West Side Career & Technology Center1.4 mi · 437
- Wilkes-Barre Area High School1.6 mi · 2,569
- Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy1.6 mi · 93
- Solomon/Plains Middle School1.6 mi · 758
- Solomon/Plains Elementary School1.6 mi · 718
- Chester Street Elementary School1.7 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Dana El CenterHow large is Dana El Center?
Dana El Center enrolls approximately 626 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Dana El Center serve?
Dana El Center serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dana El Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dana El Center is approximately 17.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dana El Center?
At Dana El Center, the student body is approximately 62% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Dana El Center public or private?
Dana El Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wyoming Valley West SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.