Tunkhannock HS

Tunkhannock HS is a high school of reasonably sized scale in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, run under Tunkhannock Area SD, works with 814 students in grades 8 through 12.

Within Tunkhannock Area SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,981 students, Tunkhannock HS is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Tunkhannock HS lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Wyoming County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 63% of students at Tunkhannock HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Wyoming County's rate of about 73%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tunkhannock HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 42.5%.

Around the school, census data for Wyoming County shows median household income runs about $72,460, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wyoming County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,913 students), of which Tunkhannock HS is one.

The closest other public school is Tunkhannock Area Intermediate Center, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tunkhannock HS comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.

Tunkhannock HS operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 9%: 746 students in 2018 compared to 814 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.