Frances Willard #32

Frances Willard #32, a low-enrollment elementary school in Scranton, Pennsylvania, part of Scranton SD, works with 345 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Scranton SD comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,165 students; Frances Willard #32 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Frances Willard #32 lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% White, 17% Black, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Frances Willard #32 records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Frances Willard #32 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 102% of students at Frances Willard #32 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lackawanna County (around 72%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Frances Willard #32 is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 50.7%, a residual of +16.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lackawanna County shows median household income runs about $66,223, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Frances Willard #32 is one of 47 public schools in Lackawanna County (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students).

Nearest neighbor: West Scranton HS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frances Willard #32. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Frances Willard #32 at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 33%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 52% to 30% over that span.

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