Waverly Sch

Waverly Sch is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in Waverly, Pennsylvania, overseen by Abington Heights SD, with 307 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Waverly Sch is one of 6 schools operated by Abington Heights SD, a district that instructs 3,391 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Waverly Sch shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Waverly Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lackawanna County (around 72%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Waverly Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.8%; this one delivers 80.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Lackawanna County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,223 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Lackawanna County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students), Waverly Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Abington Heights HS, around 2.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Waverly Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 66.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Waverly Sch's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 307). The White share of enrollment climbed from 81% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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