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Enrollment
505
Middle
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POCONO MOUNTAIN SD·NCES 421950006820
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School
125 Center Court, Swiftwater, PA 18370 · (570) 839-7121 · Monroe County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- ABeats 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
9.6:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
502 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 7 | 259 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 246 | 49% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.7pp since 2023
Math
29.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 31.8% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Pocono Mountain East Junior High School
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Mountain East Junior High School this school | 505 | 99.4% | 41.3% |
| Catasauqua Middle School Catasauqua | 477 | 98.1% | 34.6% |
| Swiftwater Interm School Swiftwater | 737 | 99.6% | 47.4% |
| Governor Mifflin Middle School Shillington | 631 | 94.5% | 36.7% |
| Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center Nanticoke | 533 | 99.6% | 30.9% |
| Intermediate School Shillington | 623 | 97.8% | 40.9% |
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 Pocono Mountain East Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #326 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #341 of 513 ▼ 25 | #4 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #388 of 513 ▼ 96 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #303 of 522 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #14 of 486 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #55 of 486 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #88 of 510 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #36 of 332 | N/A |
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
505
-94 (-16%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 833
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 505 | 52.7 | 9.6:1 | 99% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 52.6 | 10.3:1 | 99% (540) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 54.8 | 10.4:1 | 50% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 53 | 11.3:1 | 41% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 55.9 | 11.9:1 | 50% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 58 | 11.0:1 | 47% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 833 | 73 | 11.4:1 | 38% (317) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pocono Mountain East Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (668 to 505); teachers down 6% (55.9 to 52.7).
About Pocono Mountain East Junior High School
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 505 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8.
Pocono Mountain SD is responsible for 9 schools, Pocono Mountain East Junior High School included, with 7,781 students in all.
The biggest share of students at Pocono Mountain East Junior High School, 49%, is White. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic and 16% Black. That compares with about 64% White among all Monroe County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School has 52.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1. The school's 9.6:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The school has 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 74% average for public schools in Monroe County is 25 points lower.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Pocono Mountain East Junior High School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.0%. Pocono Mountain East Junior High School scores 41.3%.
For Monroe County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,565 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Pocono Mountain East Junior High School, Monroe County has 29 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Swiftwater Interm School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.2%; Pocono Mountain East Junior High School's is 41.3%, ranking 5th of 7.
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
The school's student count decreased 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 11.3:1 to 9.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,515
Census ACS
Median income
$83,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
20,752 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pocono Mountain SD
- Pocono Mountain West High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- Pocono Mountain East High SchoolHigh · 1,242 students
- Swiftwater El CenterElementary · 971 students
- Clear Run Intrmd SchoolElementary · 919 students
- Swiftwater Interm SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Pocono Mountain West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 697 students
Other schools in Swiftwater
- Pocono Mountain East High SchoolHigh · 1,242 students
- Swiftwater El CenterElementary · 971 students
- Swiftwater Interm SchoolMiddle · 737 students
Nearby schools
- Swiftwater Interm School0.1 mi · 737
- Pocono Mountain East High School0.1 mi · 1,242
- Swiftwater El Center0.4 mi · 971
- Evergreen Community CS4.0 mi · 101
- Clear Run Intrmd School4.8 mi · 919
- Clear Run El Center4.9 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Pocono Mountain East Junior High SchoolHow large is Pocono Mountain East Junior High School?
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Pocono Mountain East Junior High School serve?
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pocono Mountain East Junior High School?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Pocono Mountain East Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pocono Mountain East Junior High School?
At Pocono Mountain East Junior High School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 32% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Pocono Mountain East Junior High School in?
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School is part of Pocono Mountain SD.
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