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Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus
Located at 1333 Lakeland Dr, in Scott Township, Pennsylvania, Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus is a medium-sized primary school that caters to 432 students (grades K through 6), operated by Lakeland School District.
Across the 3 schools in Lakeland School District (1,323 students total), Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus higher than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lackawanna County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of +0.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lackawanna County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,223, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Lackawanna County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students), Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Lakeland JSHS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.6%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 434 (now 432). The White share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 94% over that span.
On the community side, the feed for Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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