Nescopeck El Sch

Nescopeck El Sch is one of the micro-enrollment K-5 schools in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, run under Berwick Area SD, with 151 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Nescopeck El Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Berwick Area SD, a district that enrolls 2,706 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Nescopeck El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder comes out to 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Luzerne County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nescopeck El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.7%; actual is 68.6%, +33.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Luzerne County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $63,691 per year, 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 Nescopeck El Sch is one.

East Berwick El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nescopeck El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 57.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 192 students in 2018 compared to 151 in 2024.

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