Tunkhannock STEM Academy

Tunkhannock STEM Academy is a tiny middle school in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, run under Tunkhannock Area SD. The school teaches 137 students in grade 7. Enrollment runs roughly 77% leaner than the state mean of about 594.

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

On demographics, Tunkhannock STEM Academy lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic. Compared to Wyoming County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Tunkhannock STEM Academy reports 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at Tunkhannock STEM Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wyoming County (around 73%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Tunkhannock STEM Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.7%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -3.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wyoming County) reports that median household income runs about $72,460, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Wyoming County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,913 students), of which Tunkhannock STEM Academy is one.

Tunkhannock Area Intermediate Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tunkhannock STEM Academy comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.6%.

Tunkhannock STEM Academy operates from a countryside location.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.