GNA El Ctr

GNA El Ctr is a reasonably sized primary school in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, run under Greater Nanticoke Area SD. The school works with 513 students in grades 3 through 5.

Greater Nanticoke Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,249 students; GNA El Ctr is among them.

In terms of who attends, GNA El Ctr logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Luzerne County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GNA El Ctr has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting GNA El Ctr higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Luzerne County (around 85%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GNA El Ctr falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.4%; this one comes in at 26.6%, -19.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Luzerne County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,691, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. GNA El Ctr is one of 65 public schools in Luzerne County (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students).

Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GNA El Ctr at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GNA El Ctr has decreased 3%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 82% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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