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Enrollment
458
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANTHER VALLEY SD·NCES 421845007567
Panther Valley Intermediate School
678 Panther Pride Drive, Lansford, PA 18232 · (570) 645-2175 · Carbon County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
449 students
DISTRICT 104% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 167 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 160 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 131 | 29% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Panther Valley Intermediate School→Panther Valley JSHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Panther Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
16.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.7% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 22.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Panther Valley Intermediate School
Panther Valley Intermediate School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Valley Intermediate School this school | 458 | 98.0% | 27.3% |
| Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center Nanticoke | 533 | 99.6% | 30.9% |
| Centerville Middle School Lancaster | 559 | 99.5% | 57.4% |
| Dover Area Middle School Dover | 735 | 99.6% | 46.5% |
| Wallenpaupack Area Middle School Hawley | 627 | 99.5% | 45.1% |
| Octorara Intermediate School Atglen | 279 | 98.9% | 36.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Panther Valley Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #427 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #427 of 513 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #482 of 513 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #331 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #464 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #167 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #108 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #111 of 131 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
458
+55 (+14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 98% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 100% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 23 | 17.5:1 | 99% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 22.6 | 19.9:1 | 64% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 22 | 18.9:1 | 60% (251) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Panther Valley Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (449 to 458); teachers up 19% (22.6 to 27).
About Panther Valley Intermediate School
Panther Valley Intermediate School is a small middle-grades school in Lansford, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Panther Valley SD. It is open to students in grades 4 through 6 and enrolls 458 students. It has 23% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).
Panther Valley Intermediate School is a school in Panther Valley SD. The district has 3 schools and 1,773 students.
More than half of the students at Panther Valley Intermediate School are White (69%). The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Carbon County's population at about 89%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Panther Valley Intermediate School scores 49%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. The school has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1. In all, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 65% average for public schools in Carbon County is 33 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Panther Valley Intermediate School lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Panther Valley Intermediate School is 8.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (27.3% versus 35.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Carbon County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $67,554, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,111, Panther Valley Intermediate School among them.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Panther Valley Intermediate School from the closest public school, Panther Valley JSHS. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.4%; Panther Valley Intermediate School's is 27.3%, ranking 7th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The school's enrollment rose 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Carbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,382
Census ACS
Median income
$67,554
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,111 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Panther Valley SD
- Panther Valley JSHSHigh · 759 students
- Panther Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Panther Valley JSHS0.1 mi · 759
- Panther Valley Elementary School2.5 mi · 556
- Lehighton Area Elementary Center6.5 mi · 1,005
- Lehighton Area High School6.5 mi · 630
- West Penn Twp Elementary School6.6 mi · 250
- Lehighton Area Middle School6.6 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Panther Valley Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Panther Valley Intermediate School?
Panther Valley Intermediate School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 04-06.
Is Panther Valley Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Panther Valley Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Panther Valley Intermediate School have?
Panther Valley Intermediate School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Panther Valley Intermediate School?
At Panther Valley Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is Panther Valley Intermediate School public or private?
Panther Valley Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Panther Valley SD.
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