Washington Intrmd Sch

Washington Intrmd Sch, a big primary school in New Castle, Pennsylvania, operated by New Castle Area SD, works with 707 students, covering grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% above the state mean of about 443.

Across the 4 schools in New Castle Area SD (2,872 students total), Washington Intrmd Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Washington Intrmd Sch shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% multiracial, 18% Black, 9% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Washington Intrmd Sch has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Washington Intrmd Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lawrence County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington Intrmd Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Around the school, Lawrence County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,931 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Intrmd Sch is one of 25 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 11,015 students).

New Castle SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Intrmd Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Intrmd Sch has ticked down 29%, going from 991 students in 2018 to 707 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 61% to 49%.

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