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Enrollment
710
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCRANTON SD·NCES 422109002481
Isaac Tripp Elementary School
1000 North Everett Avenue, Scranton, PA 18504 · (570) 348-3677 · Lackawanna County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
12.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
671 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 166 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 10% larger than its 4th grade class (126).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
19.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.7pp since 2023
Math
26.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 23.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Isaac Tripp Elementary School
Isaac Tripp Elementary School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Tripp Elementary School this school | 710 | 94.5% | 29.4% |
| Zephyr Elementary School Whitehall | 598 | 98.3% | 53.1% |
| Benjamin Chambers Elementary School Chambersburg | 583 | 96.7% | 39.4% |
| Clarence M Gockley Elementary School Whitehall | 574 | 97.7% | N/A |
| Francis H Sheckler Elementary School Catasauqua | 589 | 96.9% | 36.9% |
| George D Steckel Elementary School Whitehall | 561 | 98.8% | 48.7% |
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 Isaac Tripp Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lackawanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #1,181 of 1,396 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #1,204 of 1,511 ▲ 19 | #22 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,367 of 1,511 ▼ 102 | #25 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #131 of 1,638 | #4 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #575 of 1,528 | #7 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #100 of 1,531 | #6 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #587 of 1,600 | #13 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #711 of 1,045 | #15 of 20 |
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
710
+80 (+13%) vs 2020
+101% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 710 | 57.1 | 12.4:1 | 95% (671) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 59.3 | 11.3:1 | 100% (671) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 59.7 | 11.6:1 | 100% (693) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2017-18 | 778 | 48.2 | 16.1:1 | 61% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 73% (592) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 40% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 26% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isaac Tripp Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (778 to 710); teachers up 18% (48.2 to 57.1).
About Isaac Tripp Elementary School
Isaac Tripp Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It enrolled 710 students in kindergarten through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
Scranton SD operates 15 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,165 students.
The most common group at Isaac Tripp Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 44%. Enrollment also includes 28% White, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 34 points above the 10% share among Lackawanna County residents. Isaac Tripp Elementary School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 57.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.4 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 95% of students. Compared with the 72% average for public schools in Lackawanna County, the school's rate is higher.
Isaac Tripp Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.1%. Isaac Tripp Elementary School scores 29.4%.
Federal survey data for Lackawanna County show that the median household income is $66,223, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 47 public schools in Lackawanna County, enrolling about 27,006 students in all.
The school nearest to Isaac Tripp Elementary School is Neil Armstrong #40, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Isaac Tripp Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
2024-25 enrollment was 710, a 13% gain from 630 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 12.4:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Isaac Tripp Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lackawanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,223
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
27,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scranton SD
- Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- West Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,404 students
- Northeast Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- West Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- South Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- John G Whittier #2Elementary · 442 students
Other schools in Scranton
- Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- West Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,404 students
- Northeast Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- West Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- South Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- John G Whittier #2Elementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Neil Armstrong #400.8 mi · 441
- Charles Sumner #180.9 mi · 250
- Scranton High School1.0 mi · 1,815
- John Adams #41.4 mi · 214
- West Scranton High School1.6 mi · 1,404
- West Scranton Intrmd School1.7 mi · 820
Frequently asked questions
About Isaac Tripp Elementary SchoolHow large is Isaac Tripp Elementary School?
Isaac Tripp Elementary School enrolls approximately 710 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Isaac Tripp Elementary School serve?
Isaac Tripp Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Isaac Tripp Elementary School have?
Isaac Tripp Elementary School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Isaac Tripp Elementary School?
Student demographics at Isaac Tripp Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 44% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Isaac Tripp Elementary School?
Isaac Tripp Elementary School is overseen by Scranton SD in Lackawanna County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.