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Enrollment
1,501
High
DISTRICT 1,372 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POCONO MOUNTAIN SD·NCES 421950000679
Pocono Mountain West High School
181 Panther Lane, Pocono Summit, PA 18346 · (570) 839-7121 · Monroe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,501 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Pennsylvania public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,498 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 347 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 391 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 380 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 383 | 26% |
Student demographics
70%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
63.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
41.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 35.5% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 West High School
Pocono Mountain West High School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Mountain West High School this school | 1,501 | 99.8% | 46.8% |
| Franklin Towne CHS Philadelphia | 1,292 | 99.8% | 59.9% |
| West Scranton High School Scranton | 1,404 | 99.4% | 35.6% |
| Scranton High School Scranton | 1,815 | 100.0% | 57.0% |
| Pocono Mountain East High School Swiftwater | 1,242 | 99.8% | 62.4% |
| Coatesville Intermediate High School Coatsville | 826 | 98.7% | 22.0% |
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 Pocono Mountain West High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #352 of 576 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #279 of 626 ▲ 59 | #3 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #257 of 626 ▲ 112 | #4 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,501 | #71 of 713 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #287 of 601 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #29 of 604 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #112 of 619 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #163 of 373 | 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
1,501
-123 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 1,558
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 1,501 | 109 | 13.8:1 | 100% (1,498) |
| 2023-24 | 1,486 | 110.2 | 13.5:1 | 100% (1,483) |
| 2022-23 | 1,512 | 110.1 | 13.7:1 | 63% (949) |
| 2020-21 | 1,624 | 120 | 13.5:1 | 52% (840) |
| 2017-18 | 1,682 | 135.2 | 12.4:1 | 65% (1,090) |
| 2015-16 | 1,731 | 136 | 12.7:1 | 69% (1,202) |
| 2010-11 | 1,558 | 113 | 13.8:1 | 45% (701) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pocono Mountain West High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,682 to 1,501); teachers down 19% (135.2 to 109).
About Pocono Mountain West High School
Pocono Mountain West High School is a public high-enrollment high school in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania. The school serves 1,501 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students.
The 9 schools of Pocono Mountain SD, including Pocono Mountain West High School, enroll 7,781 students.
Pocono Mountain West High School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 36%. The school is also 31% White, 29% Black, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 18%. Pocono Mountain West High School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 109 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.8:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 74% average for public schools in Monroe County is 26 points lower.
allk12 grades Pocono Mountain West High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Pocono Mountain West High School scores 46.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.8%.
Among Monroe County residents, median household income is about $83,565, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 29 public schools in Monroe County, with a combined enrollment of about 20,752.
The shortest distance from Pocono Mountain West High School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Pocono Mountain West Junior High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. By average proficiency, Pocono Mountain West High School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Pocono Mountain West High School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Pocono Mountain West High School had 1,624 students in 2020-21 and 1,501 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 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
- Clear Run El CenterElementary · 658 students
Other schools in Pocono Summit
- Pocono Mountain West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 697 students
Nearby schools
- Pocono Mountain West Junior High School0.2 mi · 697
- Tobyhanna El Center2.9 mi · 551
- Clear Run Intrmd School3.7 mi · 919
- Clear Run El Center3.8 mi · 658
- Swiftwater Interm School5.0 mi · 737
- Pocono Mountain East Junior High School5.1 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Pocono Mountain West High SchoolHow many students attend Pocono Mountain West High School?
Pocono Mountain West High School enrolls approximately 1,501 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Pocono Mountain West High School serve?
Pocono Mountain West High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Pocono Mountain West High School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Pocono Mountain West High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pocono Mountain West High School?
At Pocono Mountain West High School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 36% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Pocono Mountain West High School public or private?
Pocono Mountain West High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pocono Mountain SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.