Solomon/Plains Middle School

Solomon/Plains Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school. Its address is in Plains, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 758 students. It has 28% more students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).

Wilkes-Barre Area SD, which runs Solomon/Plains Middle School, has 10 schools and 8,277 students.

Of every 100 students at Solomon/Plains Middle School, about 50 are Hispanic, the largest group. The remaining students are 33% White, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Luzerne County is about 17% Hispanic. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Solomon/Plains Middle School are from different groups.

A staff of 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.6:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, 13.2:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 98%. It compares with 85% for public schools in Luzerne County.

Solomon/Plains Middle 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 22% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Solomon/Plains Middle School would be expected to post about 35.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.4%.

For the population of Luzerne County, the median household earns about $63,691 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Luzerne County, 65 public schools serve about 45,209 students.

Solomon/Plains Elementary School is the nearest public school to Solomon/Plains Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Solomon/Plains Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Solomon/Plains Middle School is 7th of 7 on proficiency.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal data put enrollment at 482 in 2020-21 and 758 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The school's ratio increased from 17.9:1 to 20.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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