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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Ctr this year?
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Enrollment
533
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER NANTICOKE AREA SD·NCES 421629007649
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center
600 East Union St, Nanticoke, PA 18634 · (570) 735-2770 · Luzerne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
531 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 163 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 186 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 35% |
Student demographics
53%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
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center→Greater Nanticoke Area SHS
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
42.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
14.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 18.4% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center this school | 533 | 99.6% | 30.9% |
| Panther Valley Intermediate School Lansford | 458 | 98.0% | 27.3% |
| Centerville Middle School Lancaster | 559 | 99.5% | 57.4% |
| Swiftwater Interm School Swiftwater | 737 | 99.6% | 47.4% |
| Neil A Armstrong Middle School Fairless Hills | 668 | 99.3% | 25.5% |
| Dover Area Middle School Dover | 735 | 99.6% | 46.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #413 of 479 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #446 of 513 ▼ 16 | #7 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #375 of 513 ▲ 24 | #4 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #279 of 522 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #479 of 486 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #135 of 486 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #78 of 510 | #3 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
533
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 533 | 26.5 | 20.1:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 23.5 | 22.6:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 25.8 | 20.9:1 | 100% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 72% (381) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center.
About Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center is a public middle school run by Greater Nanticoke Area SD in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 533 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center is one of 4 schools in Greater Nanticoke Area SD, which enrolls 2,249 students in total.
White students account for 64% of enrollment at Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 76% White. By the diversity index, Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center comes in at 53%.
Federal staffing data show 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center and a ratio of 20.1:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 100% of students. On average, public schools in Luzerne County report 85%.
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 34.9%. Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center scores 30.9%, 4.0 points below that line.
Within Luzerne County, median household income is about $63,691, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Luzerne County number 65 and enroll about 45,209.
GNA El Center is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center is behind the 32.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's size has been steady, with 532 students in 2020-21 and 533 in 2024-25.
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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
- GNA El CenterElementary · 513 students
- Kennedy Early Childhood CenterElementary · 505 students
Other schools in Nanticoke
- Greater Nanticoke Area SHSHigh · 698 students
- GNA El CenterElementary · 513 students
- Kennedy Early Childhood CenterElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- GNA El Center0.0 mi · 513
- 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 Greater Nanticoke Area Ed CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center?
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center enrolls approximately 533 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center serve?
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center.
How diverse is Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center?
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center reports a student body of 64% White, 21% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center?
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center is overseen by Greater Nanticoke Area SD in Luzerne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.