Lehman-Jackson El Sch

Located at 1237 Market St, in Dallas, Pennsylvania, Lehman-Jackson El Sch is an average-sized elementary-level community that hosts 411 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Lake-Lehman SD.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lehman-Jackson El Sch logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lehman-Jackson El Sch has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 37% of students at Lehman-Jackson El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Luzerne County's rate of about 85%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lehman-Jackson El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 56.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Luzerne County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,691, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Luzerne County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students), of which Lehman-Jackson El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Lake-Lehman JSHS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Lehman-Jackson El Sch. On composite proficiency, Lehman-Jackson El Sch comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 411 in 2025.

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