Solomon/Plains MS

Solomon/Plains MS is one of the average-sized middle-grades schools in Plains, Pennsylvania, run under Wilkes-Barre Area SD, with 758 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

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

On demographics, Solomon/Plains MS shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 33% White, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Solomon/Plains MS lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Luzerne County (around 85%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Solomon/Plains MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Luzerne County indicate median household income runs about $63,691, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 MS is one campus in the mix.

Solomon/Plains El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Solomon/Plains MS. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Solomon/Plains MS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 65%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 758 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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