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J T Lambert Intermediate Sch
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About J T Lambert Intermediate Sch
Located at 2000 Milford Rd, in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, J T Lambert Intermediate Sch is a roomy middle-grades school that enrolls 907 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within East Stroudsburg Area SD. Enrollment runs roughly 53% above the state mean of about 594.
Across the 10 schools in East Stroudsburg Area SD (6,353 students total), J T Lambert Intermediate Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, J T Lambert Intermediate Sch lists that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% Black, 15% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 7% Native American. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting J T Lambert Intermediate Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at J T Lambert Intermediate Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, J T Lambert Intermediate Sch is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.5%; J T Lambert Intermediate Sch posts 33.7%, -19.9 points below that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Monroe County put median household earnings sit near $83,565, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students), J T Lambert Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is East Stroudsburg El Sch, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J T Lambert Intermediate Sch at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.4%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. J T Lambert Intermediate Sch's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 907 (now 907). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 20% to 11%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.
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