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What's the most underrated thing about Pittston Area SHS that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,055
High
DISTRICT 812 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSTON AREA SD·NCES 421920005058
Pittston Area SHS
5 Stout Street Yatesville, Pittston, PA 18640 · (570) 654-2415 · Luzerne County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,055 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- CTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
569 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 239 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 275 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 274 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 267 | 25% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pittston Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
31.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 31.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 20.8% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Pittston Area SHS
Pittston Area SHS's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittston Area SHS this school | 1,055 | 53.9% | 42.6% |
| Pottsville Area High School Pottsville | 976 | 59.7% | 50.0% |
| North Schuylkill JSHS Ashland | 1,003 | 56.9% | 37.1% |
| Ephrata SHS Ephrata | 1,347 | 50.3% | 70.9% |
| Garden Spot SHS New Holland | 865 | 48.2% | 62.5% |
| Bucks County Technical High School Fairless Hills | 1,415 | 48.9% | 36.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Pittston Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #401 of 576 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #385 of 626 ▲ 101 | #3 of 12 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #360 of 626 no change | #3 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,055 | #158 of 713 | #5 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #557 of 601 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #222 of 604 | #7 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #309 of 619 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #141 of 221 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,055
+48 (+5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,096
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 1,055 | 58 | 18.2:1 | 54% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 1,076 | 58.3 | 18.5:1 | 53% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 1,022 | 53.3 | 19.2:1 | 44% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 1,007 | 51 | 19.8:1 | 43% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 1,005 | 51.7 | 19.4:1 | 35% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 988 | 53 | 18.6:1 | 44% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 1,089 | 60 | 18.1:1 | 33% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 1,048 | 55 | 19.1:1 | 18% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 1,096 | 64 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittston Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,005 to 1,055); teachers up 12% (51.7 to 58).
About Pittston Area SHS
In Pittston, Pennsylvania, part of Luzerne County, Pittston Area SHS is a high school. The school counted 1,055 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 43% larger than the average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Pittston Area SD enrolls 3,247 students, and its 4 schools include Pittston Area SHS.
The share of White students at Pittston Area SHS is 75%, a majority. It is also 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put Luzerne County at about 76% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 58 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.2:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 5.4 students per teacher. The school reported 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 31 points below the 85% average for public schools in Luzerne County.
Pittston Area SHS holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Pittston Area SHS is 11.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census data for Luzerne County show median household income comes to about $63,691, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 65 public schools in the county, enrolling about 45,209, Pittston Area SHS among them.
Wyoming Area Sec Center is the nearest public school to Pittston Area SHS, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pittston Area SHS is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Pittston Area SHS the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% rise took enrollment from 1,007 in 2020-21 to 1,055 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.2:1) than in 2020-21 (19.8:1).
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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 Pittston Area SD
- Pittston Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Pittston City Intrmd CenterElementary · 730 students
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary CenterElementary · 701 students
Other schools in Pittston
- Pittston Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Pittston City Intrmd CenterElementary · 730 students
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary CenterElementary · 701 students
Nearby schools
- Wyoming Area Sec Center1.6 mi · 929
- Wyoming Area Kindergarten Center1.6 mi · 121
- Wyoming Area Intermediate Center1.7 mi · 444
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Center2.1 mi · 701
- Pittston City Intrmd Center2.2 mi · 730
- Pittston Area Middle School2.2 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Pittston Area SHSWhat is the total enrollment at Pittston Area SHS?
Pittston Area SHS enrolls approximately 1,055 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Pittston Area SHS serve?
Pittston Area SHS serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pittston Area SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pittston Area SHS is approximately 18.2:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pittston Area SHS?
Pittston Area SHS reports a student body of 75% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Pittston Area SHS in?
Pittston Area SHS is part of Pittston Area SD.
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