Pocono Mountain East JHS

Pocono Mountain East JHS operates as a medium-sized junior high in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Pocono Mountain SD. Current enrollment sits at 505 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Pocono Mountain SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 7,781 students; Pocono Mountain East JHS is among them.

On demographics, Pocono Mountain East JHS lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 32% Hispanic, 16% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pocono Mountain East JHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 41.3%.

Around the school, Monroe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,565 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Monroe County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students), Pocono Mountain East JHS is one campus in the mix.

Swiftwater Interm Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Pocono Mountain East JHS. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pocono Mountain East JHS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pocono Mountain East JHS has edged down 24%, going from 668 students in 2018 to 505 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 20% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.