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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the South Scranton Intrmd Sch administration to hear?
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Enrollment
798
Middle
DISTRICT 837 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCRANTON SD·NCES 422109002487
South Scranton Intrmd School
355 Maple St, Scranton, PA 18505 · (570) 348-3631 · Lackawanna County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
781 students
DISTRICT 101% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 210 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 199 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 190 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 25% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
South Scranton Intrmd School→West Scranton High School
Based on grade levels within Scranton SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
18.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.4pp since 2023
Math
8.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.1% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 South Scranton Intrmd School
South Scranton Intrmd School's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Scranton Intrmd School this school | 798 | 97.9% | 18.4% |
| C E Cole Intermediate School Reading | 986 | 96.3% | 28.9% |
| Lincoln Middle School Lancaster | 465 | 94.4% | 24.3% |
| Muhlenberg Jr High School Reading | 1,016 | 99.0% | 27.5% |
| G A R Middle School Wilkes-Barre | 1,101 | 96.8% | 19.8% |
| Reynolds Middle School Lancaster | 511 | 87.5% | 28.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 South Scranton Intrmd School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lackawanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #452 of 479 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #479 of 513 ▼ 15 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #487 of 513 ▼ 36 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #118 of 522 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #157 of 486 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #62 of 486 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #109 of 510 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.2% | #15 of 131 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
798
+168 (+27%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 832
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 798 | 66.3 | 12.0:1 | 98% (781) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 56.3 | 13.9:1 | 100% (781) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 57.2 | 13.8:1 | 100% (790) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 44.5 | 13.8:1 | 80% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 79% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 44 | 12.2:1 | 72% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 58% (437) |
| 1990-91 | 832 | 66 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Scranton Intrmd School.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (613 to 798); teachers up 49% (44.5 to 66.3).
About South Scranton Intrmd School
South Scranton Intrmd School is a mid-sized middle school in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Enrollment stands at 798 students, covering grades 5 through 8. That is 34% larger than the average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
South Scranton Intrmd School is part of a district of 15 schools: Scranton SD, with 9,165 students.
The share of Hispanic students at South Scranton Intrmd School is 56%, a majority. It is also 18% White, 15% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lackawanna County is roughly 10% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
South Scranton Intrmd School has 66.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.0:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.2:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 98%. That rate is above the 72% average among public schools in Lackawanna County.
South Scranton Intrmd School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 35.6%. South Scranton Intrmd School posts 18.4%, 17.2 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Lackawanna County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $66,223, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lackawanna County's 47 public schools enroll about 27,006 students and include South Scranton Intrmd School.
McNichols Plaza is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts South Scranton Intrmd School at 7th of 8.
The NCES locale for South Scranton Intrmd School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 27%, from 630 to 798. Students per teacher dropped from 16.6 in 2020-21 to 12.0 in 2024-25.
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Lackawanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,223
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
27,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scranton SD
- Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- West Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,404 students
- Northeast Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- West Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Isaac Tripp Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- John G Whittier #2Elementary · 442 students
Other schools in Scranton
- Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- West Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,404 students
- Northeast Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- West Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Isaac Tripp Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- John G Whittier #2Elementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- McNichols Plaza0.6 mi · 317
- John G Whittier #20.7 mi · 442
- Frances Willard #321.0 mi · 345
- John F. Kennedy #71.1 mi · 305
- West Scranton High School1.2 mi · 1,404
- West Scranton Intrmd School1.3 mi · 820
Frequently asked questions
About South Scranton Intrmd SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at South Scranton Intrmd School?
South Scranton Intrmd School enrolls approximately 798 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does South Scranton Intrmd School serve?
South Scranton Intrmd School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Scranton Intrmd School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Scranton Intrmd School is approximately 12.0:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Scranton Intrmd School?
At South Scranton Intrmd School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 56% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees South Scranton Intrmd School?
South Scranton Intrmd School is overseen by Scranton SD in Lackawanna County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.