Isaac Tripp El Sch

Located at 1000 North Everett Avenue, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Isaac Tripp El Sch is a heavily attended elementary-level community that instructs 710 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within Scranton SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 60% larger than typical.

Within Scranton SD, which oversees 15 schools and 9,165 students, Isaac Tripp El Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Isaac Tripp El Sch logs that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Isaac Tripp El Sch has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Lackawanna County's rate of about 72%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Isaac Tripp El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.1%; this one delivers 29.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lackawanna County shows median household earnings sit near $66,223, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Lackawanna County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students), of which Isaac Tripp El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Neil Armstrong #40, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Isaac Tripp El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 778 students in 2018 compared to 710 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 52% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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