Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch

Located at 3000 W State St, in Coal Township, Pennsylvania, Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch is a low-enrollment middle-grades school that serves 308 students (grades 5 through 6), overseen by Shamokin Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch sits 48% smaller than that benchmark.

Shamokin Area SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,164 students. Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch lists that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest reads as 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 103% of students at Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Northumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 25.4%.

Around the school, Northumberland County reports that median household income runs about $60,583, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch is one of 23 public schools in Northumberland County (combined enrollment of about 10,386 students).

Shamokin Area El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shamokin Area Intermediate Sch at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 88% to 70%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 30.7:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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