Enrollment
151
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERWICK AREA SD·NCES 420348006349
Nescopeck Elementary School
315 Dewey St, Nescopeck, PA 18635 · (570)759-6400 · Luzerne County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
151 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 15% larger than its 4th grade class (27).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Berwick Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2023-24 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
PA avg 55.1%
Math
59.4%
PA avg 41.4%
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 55 and 41.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Nescopeck Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #332 of 1,396 | #2 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #546 of 1,511 | #5 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #322 of 1,511 | #1 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 151 | #1,584 of 1,638 | #35 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #300 of 1,600 | #8 of 37 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
151
-41 (-21%) vs 2017
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.1:1
% White
90%
was 93%
% Hispanic
4%
was 5%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 151 | 12.6 | 12.0:1 | 100% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 156 | 12.6 | 12.4:1 | 100% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 169 | 15 | 11.3:1 | 98% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 192 | 15.8 | 12.1:1 | 43% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 49% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 34% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 30% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 19 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nescopeck Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (192 to 151); teachers down 20% (15.8 to 12.6).
About Nescopeck Elementary School
Among the schools in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, is Nescopeck Elementary School, a very small elementary school. It reports enrollment of 151 students in kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 66% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Berwick Area SD counts 5 schools and 2,706 students, including Nescopeck Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Nescopeck Elementary School is 90% White. Enrollment also includes 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The school's White share is 14 points above the 76% share among Luzerne County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
There are 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.4:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Of all students at Nescopeck Elementary School, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Luzerne County, the average eligibility rate is 85%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Nescopeck Elementary School is 34.7%. It actually posts 68.6%, which is 33.9 points higher and in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
For the population of Luzerne County, the median household earns about $63,691 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Nescopeck Elementary School shares Luzerne County with 64 other public schools.
Nescopeck Elementary School's nearest public school is East Berwick Elementary School (about 1.1 miles). There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Nescopeck Elementary School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Nescopeck Elementary School is Suburb: Small.
By 2023-24, enrollment had dropped to 151, from 192 in 2017-18.
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Luzerne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
327,675
Census ACS
Median income
$63,691
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
45,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berwick Area SD
- Berwick Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Berwick Area High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- East Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- West Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Nearby schools
- East Berwick Elementary School1.1 mi · 539
- Berwick Area Middle School1.2 mi · 837
- Berwick Area High School1.3 mi · 692
- West Berwick Elementary School1.8 mi · 487
- Central Columbia Elementary School7.7 mi · 705
- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School7.8 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Nescopeck Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nescopeck Elementary School?
Nescopeck Elementary School enrolls approximately 151 students in grades KG-04.
Is Nescopeck Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nescopeck Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Nescopeck Elementary School have?
Nescopeck Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nescopeck Elementary School?
At Nescopeck Elementary School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Is Nescopeck Elementary School public or private?
Nescopeck Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Berwick Area SD.
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