Pocono Mountain West JHS

Pocono Mountain West JHS, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania, part of Pocono Mountain SD, educates 697 students, covering grades 7 through 8.

Pocono Mountain SD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 7,781 students. Pocono Mountain West JHS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pocono Mountain West JHS shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 32% White, 30% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

In terms of school funding signals, Pocono Mountain West JHS shows 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Pocono Mountain West JHS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Monroe County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Pocono Mountain West JHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.7%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Monroe County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,565 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students), of which Pocono Mountain West JHS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pocono Mountain West HS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Pocono Mountain West JHS. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pocono Mountain West JHS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.6%.

Pocono Mountain West JHS operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pocono Mountain West JHS has fell 13%, going from 798 students in 2018 to 697 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 29% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.