Lake-Noxen El Sch

Lake-Noxen El Sch is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in Harvey's Lake, Pennsylvania, part of Lake-Lehman SD, works with 236 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Lake-Noxen El Sch sits 47% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Lake-Lehman SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,558 students, Lake-Noxen El Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Lake-Noxen El Sch reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Lake-Noxen El Sch reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Lake-Noxen El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Lake-Noxen El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Luzerne County (around 85%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lake-Noxen El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.6%; this one delivers 62.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Luzerne County indicate median household income runs about $63,691, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Lake-Noxen El Sch is one of 65 public schools in Luzerne County (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lehman-Jackson El Sch, around 4.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lake-Noxen El Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 303 students in 2018 compared to 236 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 97% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.