North Pocono MS

As a reasonably sized junior high in Moscow, Pennsylvania, North Pocono MS works with 685 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by North Pocono SD.

North Pocono SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,865 students; North Pocono MS is among them.

On the student-mix side, North Pocono MS records that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, North Pocono MS has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 36% 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.

After controlling for student poverty, North Pocono MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.2%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of -7.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lackawanna County shows median household earnings sit near $66,223, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Lackawanna County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students), North Pocono MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Pocono Intmd Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around North Pocono MS. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Pocono MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Pocono MS has shrank 5%, going from 721 students in 2018 to 685 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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