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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 716 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSTON AREA SD·NCES 421920006622
Pittston City Intrmd Center
110 New Street, Pittston, PA 18640 · (570) 654-2415 · Luzerne County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
429 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 262 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 229 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 239 | 33% |
Student demographics
47%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
Students here typically continue to
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
41.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.4pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.4% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 47.7% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 City Intrmd Center
Pittston City Intrmd Center's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittston City Intrmd Center this school | 730 | 58.8% | 51.3% |
| Juniata Elementary School Mifflintown | 686 | 54.8% | 34.3% |
| Colonel John Siegfried Elementary School Northampton | 808 | 55.2% | 59.3% |
| Willow Dale Elementary School Warminster | 728 | 51.6% | 47.7% |
| Bear Creek Community CS Bear Creek Township | 604 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
| New Oxford Elementary School New Oxford | 565 | 57.3% | 69.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 City Intrmd Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #840 of 1,396 | #9 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #853 of 1,511 ▼ 37 | #9 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #976 of 1,511 ▼ 192 | #13 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #116 of 1,638 | #10 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,382 of 1,528 | #17 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #601 of 1,531 | #18 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #834 of 1,600 | #27 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #938 of 1,045 | #11 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
730
+34 (+5%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 730 | 46 | 15.9:1 | 59% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 44.5 | 15.8:1 | 61% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 43.9 | 14.8:1 | 63% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 696 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 58% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 44.1 | 17.0:1 | 54% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 39 | 20.4:1 | 56% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 40 | 19.2:1 | 45% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 656 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 43% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 40 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittston City Intrmd Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (752 to 730); teachers up 4% (44.1 to 46).
About Pittston City Intrmd Center
Pittston City Intrmd Center is a large elementary school. Its address is in Pittston, Pennsylvania. It reports enrollment of 730 students in grades 3 through 5. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 65% larger than that mark.
Pittston Area SD oversees Pittston City Intrmd Center and 3 other schools, with 3,247 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Pittston City Intrmd Center is 70% White. Next come 16% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 46 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pittston City Intrmd Center, giving a ratio of 15.9:1. The school's 15.9:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. By family income, 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 85% average for public schools in Luzerne County is 26 points.
Pittston City Intrmd Center earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pittston City Intrmd Center is -1.1 points: 51.3% actual, 52.4% predicted.
In Luzerne County, home to about 327,675 people, the median household earns about $63,691 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Pittston City Intrmd Center shares Luzerne County with 64 other public schools.
Pittston Area Middle School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Pittston City Intrmd Center. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Pittston City Intrmd Center is 1st among 6 schools close by.
Federal data place Pittston City Intrmd Center in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 5% across 4 years, from 696 in 2020-21 to 730 in 2024-25.
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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 SHSHigh · 1,055 students
- Pittston Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary CenterElementary · 701 students
Other schools in Pittston
- Pittston Area SHSHigh · 1,055 students
- Pittston Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary CenterElementary · 701 students
Nearby schools
- Pittston Area Middle School0.0 mi · 761
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Center0.9 mi · 701
- Wyoming Area Intermediate Center1.1 mi · 444
- Wyoming Area Sec Center1.8 mi · 929
- Wyoming Area Kindergarten Center1.9 mi · 121
- Pittston Area SHS2.2 mi · 1,055
Frequently asked questions
About Pittston City Intrmd CenterHow many students attend Pittston City Intrmd Center?
Pittston City Intrmd Center enrolls approximately 730 students in grades 03-05.
Is Pittston City Intrmd Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pittston City Intrmd Center is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Pittston City Intrmd Center have?
Pittston City Intrmd Center employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Pittston City Intrmd Center?
Student demographics at Pittston City Intrmd Center are roughly 70% White, 16% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Pittston City Intrmd Center in?
Pittston City Intrmd Center is part of Pittston Area SD.
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