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What's one thing Heights Terrace El/MS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,236
Elementary
DISTRICT 877 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZLETON AREA SD·NCES 421170006930
Heights Terrace El/MS
275 Mill St, Hazleton, PA 18201 · (570) 459-3111 · Luzerne County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,236 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% 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
18.1:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
1,209 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 139 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 123 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (146).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Heights Terrace El/MS→Hazleton Area High School
Based on grade levels within Hazleton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
13.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 25 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 are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.7% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 15.5% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Heights Terrace El/MS
Heights Terrace El/MS's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heights Terrace El/MS this school | 1,236 | 97.8% | 23.9% |
| West Hazleton El/MS West Hazleton | 1,023 | 97.7% | 24.8% |
| Amanda E Stout Elementary School Reading | 758 | 97.4% | 18.8% |
| Pan American Academy CS Philadelphia | 749 | 99.6% | 14.1% |
| Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School Allentown | 807 | 99.9% | 18.0% |
| Riverside Elementary School Reading | 694 | 99.7% | 19.6% |
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 Heights Terrace El/MS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,251 of 1,396 | #26 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,365 of 1,511 ▼ 47 | #25 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,282 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #25 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,236 | #13 of 1,638 | #2 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,497 of 1,528 | #28 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #1,260 of 1,531 | #29 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #462 of 1,600 | #11 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #145 of 450 | #8 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
1,236
+160 (+15%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 1,236 | 68.2 | 18.1:1 | 98% (1,209) |
| 2023-24 | 1,209 | 70.8 | 17.1:1 | 100% (1,209) |
| 2022-23 | 1,138 | 70 | 16.3:1 | 100% (1,138) |
| 2020-21 | 1,076 | 65 | 16.6:1 | 100% (1,073) |
| 2017-18 | 1,088 | 66.6 | 16.3:1 | 100% (1,087) |
| 2015-16 | 1,045 | 66 | 15.8:1 | 100% (1,045) |
| 2010-11 | 1,055 | 67 | 15.8:1 | 85% (894) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 39 | 18.7:1 | 47% (343) |
| 1990-91 | 755 | 42 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heights Terrace El/MS.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,088 to 1,236); teachers up 2% (66.6 to 68.2).
About Heights Terrace El/MS
Students in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, attend Heights Terrace El/MS, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 1,236 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 179% larger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Heights Terrace El/MS is run by Hazleton Area SD, whose 11 schools enroll 13,071 students.
Heights Terrace El/MS is 91% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 7% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Luzerne County's population at about 17%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Heights Terrace El/MS scores 16%.
The school's 68.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 5.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Luzerne County averages 85%, lower than here.
Heights Terrace El/MS holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Heights Terrace El/MS's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (23.9%) and its predicted rate (35.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census data for Luzerne County show median household income comes to about $63,691, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 65 public schools in the county, enrolling about 45,209, Heights Terrace El/MS among them.
Among nearby public schools, Hazleton El/MS is closest at about 1.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Heights Terrace El/MS. Heights Terrace El/MS places 3rd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Heights Terrace El/MS as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 15% rise, from 1,076 to 1,236. The ratio was 16.6:1 in 2020-21 and 18.1:1 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 Hazleton Area SD
- Hazleton Area High SchoolHigh · 4,071 students
- Maple Manor El/MSMiddle · 1,092 students
- West Hazleton El/MSElementary · 1,023 students
- Freeland El/MSElementary · 991 students
- Valley El/MSElementary · 957 students
- McAdoo-Kelayres El/MSElementary · 900 students
Other schools in Hazleton
- Hazleton El/MSMiddle · 895 students
- Arthur Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Nearby schools
- Hazleton El/MS1.5 mi · 895
- Arthur Street Elementary School1.5 mi · 431
- West Hazleton El/MS1.9 mi · 1,023
- Hazleton Area Career Center2.2 mi · 1
- Maple Manor El/MS2.2 mi · 1,092
- Hazle Township Early Learning Center2.3 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Heights Terrace El/MSHow many students attend Heights Terrace El/MS?
Heights Terrace El/MS enrolls approximately 1,236 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Heights Terrace El/MS serve?
Heights Terrace El/MS serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Heights Terrace El/MS have?
Heights Terrace El/MS employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Heights Terrace El/MS?
Student demographics at Heights Terrace El/MS are roughly 7% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Heights Terrace El/MS?
Heights Terrace El/MS is overseen by Hazleton Area SD in Luzerne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.