Enrollment
143
Elementary
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE HIGHLANDS SD·NCES 422497006425
Preston School
1493 Crosstown Highway, Lakewood, PA 18439 · (570) 798-2516 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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
9.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
90 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Preston School→Honesdale High School
Based on grade levels within Wayne Highlands SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.4% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 44.8% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Preston School
Preston School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston School this school | 143 | 62.9% | 51.2% |
| Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School Salisbury | 130 | 63.1% | 62.2% |
| Parkside Education Center Palmerton | 150 | 58.0% | N/A |
| Rockhill Elementary School Rockhill Furnace | 148 | 57.4% | 57.7% |
| Charlotte Lappla Elementary School Wellsboro | 156 | 59.6% | N/A |
| Reserve Primary School Pittsburgh | 111 | 59.5% | 76.4% |
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 Preston School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #843 of 1,396 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #674 of 1,511 ▲ 197 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #784 of 1,511 ▲ 98 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 143 | #1,591 of 1,638 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #790 of 1,600 | #3 of 7 |
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
143
-8 (-5%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 143 | 15.6 | 9.1:1 | 63% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 15.7 | 9.2:1 | 63% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 16 | 10.0:1 | 54% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 151 | 16 | 9.4:1 | 50% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 168 | 15.6 | 10.8:1 | 54% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 180 | 16 | 11.3:1 | 54% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | 18 | 10.5:1 | 42% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 274 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 45% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 25 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Preston School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (168 to 143); teachers unchanged (15.6 to 15.6).
About Preston School
Preston School is a very small elementary school in Pennsylvania, located in Lakewood. It enrolls 143 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. It has 68% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Wayne Highlands SD enrolls 2,322 students, and its 6 schools include Preston School.
Preston School is 89% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Wayne County, where about 89% of residents are White. The diversity index for Preston School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Preston School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1, with 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 63% at Preston School.
Preston School 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 40% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Preston School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.2% is within a point of the 50.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Wayne County, the median household earns about $62,381 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Preston School, Wayne County has 11 public schools.
A public school about 8.6 miles away, HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to Preston School. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. Its average proficiency rate of 51.2% is above the 45.8% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Preston School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 151 in 2020-21 to 143 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,262
Census ACS
Median income
$62,381
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne Highlands SD
- Honesdale High SchoolHigh · 679 students
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Stourbridge Primary CenterElementary · 415 students
- Wayne Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Damascus Area SchoolElementary · 258 students
Nearby schools
- HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.6 mi · 199
- HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.7 mi · 93
- Susquehanna Community Elementary School12.8 mi · 415
- Susquehanna Community JSHS12.9 mi · 333
- DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL14.8 mi · 242
- DEPOSIT MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL14.8 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About Preston SchoolHow large is Preston School?
Preston School enrolls approximately 143 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Preston School serve?
Preston School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Preston School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Preston School is approximately 9.1:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Preston School?
At Preston School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Preston School in?
Preston School is part of Wayne Highlands SD.
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