Tobyhanna El Ctr

As a medium-sized elementary school in Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania, Tobyhanna El Ctr teaches 551 students from grades K through 6, run under Pocono Mountain SD. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Pocono Mountain SD, which oversees 9 schools and 7,781 students, Tobyhanna El Ctr is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Tobyhanna El Ctr records that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, Tobyhanna El Ctr reports 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Tobyhanna El Ctr tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Tobyhanna El Ctr qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monroe County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tobyhanna El Ctr ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.0%; Tobyhanna El Ctr posts 55.9%, +21.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Monroe County) records that median household income runs about $83,565, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Tobyhanna El Ctr is one of 29 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students).

Pocono Mountain West JHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Tobyhanna El Ctr. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tobyhanna El Ctr at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

Tobyhanna El Ctr operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 682 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 61% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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