Northeast Intrmd Sch

Northeast Intrmd Sch is a junior high of sizable scale in Scranton, Pennsylvania, operated by Scranton SD, caters to 894 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 51% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Scranton SD comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,165 students; Northeast Intrmd Sch is among them.

On demographics, Northeast Intrmd Sch shows that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% White, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the resource side, Northeast Intrmd Sch lists 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 103% of students at Northeast Intrmd Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Lackawanna County's rate of about 72%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northeast Intrmd Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 18.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lackawanna County put median household income runs about $66,223, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Lackawanna County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students), of which Northeast Intrmd Sch is one.

The closest other public school is John Adams #4, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Northeast Intrmd Sch comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

Northeast Intrmd Sch operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 864 students in 2018 compared to 894 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 25% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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