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Lackawanna Trail El Ctr
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lackawanna Trail El Ctr
Lackawanna Trail El Ctr is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, run under Lackawanna Trail SD, with 505 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.
Lackawanna Trail El Ctr is one of 2 schools operated by Lackawanna Trail SD, a district that enrolls 932 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Lackawanna Trail El Ctr shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Wyoming County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lackawanna Trail El Ctr has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Wyoming County's rate of about 73%.
With demographic context factored in, Lackawanna Trail El Ctr tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.8%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wyoming County) logs that median household earnings sit near $72,460, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wyoming County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,913 students), of which Lackawanna Trail El Ctr is one.
The closest other public school is Lackawanna Trail JSHS, roughly 1.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lackawanna Trail El Ctr comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.8%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Lackawanna Trail El Ctr's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 505).
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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