Solomon/Plains El Sch

Set in Plains, Pennsylvania, Solomon/Plains El Sch is a high-enrollment primary school, operated by Wilkes-Barre Area SD. It serves 718 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% larger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 10 schools in Wilkes-Barre Area SD (8,277 students total), Solomon/Plains El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Solomon/Plains El Sch shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Luzerne County's rate of about 85%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Solomon/Plains El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Luzerne County put the typical household earns roughly $63,691 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Luzerne County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students), Solomon/Plains El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Solomon/Plains MS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Solomon/Plains El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.2%.

Solomon/Plains El Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Solomon/Plains El Sch's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 805 (now 718). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 76% to 48%.

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