Third Avenue El Sch

Located at 131 Rear Third Ave & Davis St, in Kingston, Pennsylvania, Third Avenue El Sch is a rural-scale K-5 school that serves 97 students (grade K), run under Wyoming Valley West SD. Enrollment runs roughly 78% below the state mean of about 443.

Third Avenue El Sch is one of 6 schools operated by Wyoming Valley West SD, a district that educates 4,894 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Third Avenue El Sch shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% White, 21% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Luzerne County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Third Avenue El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 102% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Luzerne County (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for Luzerne County shows 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%. In all, Luzerne County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students), of which Third Avenue El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wyoming Valley West MS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Third Avenue El Sch's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 127 (now 97). White enrollment moved from 70% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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