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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER NANTICOKE AREA SD·NCES 421629000733
GNA El Center
601 Kosciuszko Street, Nanticoke, PA 18634 · (570) 735-1320 · Luzerne County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
373 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 180 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 183 | 36% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Greater Nanticoke Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
22.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.1pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.2% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 17.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 GNA El Center
GNA El Center's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNA El Center this school | 513 | 72.7% | 26.6% |
| Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School Bristol | 623 | 74.8% | 48.0% |
| Robert Reid Elementary School Middletown | 410 | 71.5% | 51.4% |
| Penn-Kidder Campus Albrightsville | 541 | 65.1% | 42.6% |
| Hillside Elementary School New Cumberland | 408 | 66.7% | 51.9% |
| Saint Clair Area El/MS Saint Clair | 547 | 64.5% | 42.1% |
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 GNA El Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #1,223 of 1,396 | #24 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,263 of 1,511 ▲ 41 | #22 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #1,323 of 1,511 ▼ 67 | #26 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #495 of 1,638 | #21 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,301 of 1,528 | #13 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #470 of 1,531 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #726 of 1,600 | #23 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #932 of 1,045 | #10 of 13 |
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
513
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 513 | 33.7 | 15.2:1 | 73% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 32.5 | 15.2:1 | 76% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 31.4 | 16.1:1 | 100% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 71% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 32.2 | 16.4:1 | 72% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 67% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 59% (300) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GNA El Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (529 to 513); teachers up 4% (32.2 to 33.7).
About GNA El Center
In Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, part of Luzerne County, GNA El Center is an elementary school. The school serves grades 3 through 5. Enrollment is 513 students.
Greater Nanticoke Area SD has 2,249 students spread across 4 schools.
Federal enrollment data show GNA El Center is 63% White. The next largest groups are 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 13 points below the 76% share among Luzerne County residents. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at GNA El Center are from different groups.
The school lists 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 373 students, or 73%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Luzerne County is 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, GNA El Center lands at D, ahead of 11% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
In Pennsylvania, GNA El Center is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.6% compared with a predicted 46.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Luzerne County show that the median household earns about $63,691 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Luzerne County has 65 public schools with about 45,209 students, including GNA El Center.
Measured in a straight line, Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center is less than a tenth of a mile from GNA El Center. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, GNA El Center ranks 5th on proficiency.
GNA El Center is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 513, compared with 493 in 2020-21.
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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 Greater Nanticoke Area SD
- Greater Nanticoke Area SHSHigh · 698 students
- Greater Nanticoke Area Ed CenterMiddle · 533 students
- Kennedy Early Childhood CenterElementary · 505 students
Other schools in Nanticoke
- Greater Nanticoke Area SHSHigh · 698 students
- Greater Nanticoke Area Ed CenterMiddle · 533 students
- Kennedy Early Childhood CenterElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center0.0 mi · 533
- Kennedy Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 505
- Greater Nanticoke Area SHS0.1 mi · 698
- Hanover Area JSHS2.3 mi · 977
- Hanover Green Elementary School2.4 mi · 318
- Wyoming Valley West SHS3.4 mi · 1,362
Frequently asked questions
About GNA El CenterHow large is GNA El Center?
GNA El Center enrolls approximately 513 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does GNA El Center serve?
GNA El Center serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GNA El Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GNA El Center is approximately 15.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GNA El Center?
At GNA El Center, the student body is approximately 63% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is GNA El Center in?
GNA El Center is part of Greater Nanticoke Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.