1
Enrollment
1,404
High
DISTRICT 1,610 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCRANTON SD·NCES 422109002489
West Scranton High School
1201 Luzerne St, Scranton, PA 18504 · (570) 348-3616 · Lackawanna County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,404 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
1,396 students
DISTRICT 101% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 330 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 355 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 352 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 367 | 26% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Scranton SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
26.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 25.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like West Scranton High School
West Scranton High School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Scranton High School this school | 1,404 | 99.4% | 35.6% |
| Scranton High School Scranton | 1,815 | 100.0% | 57.0% |
| Pocono Mountain West High School Pocono Summit | 1,501 | 99.8% | 46.8% |
| Franklin Towne CHS Philadelphia | 1,292 | 99.8% | 59.9% |
| Governor Mifflin SHS Shillington | 1,425 | 99.8% | 39.8% |
| Wilkes-Barre Area High School Plains | 2,569 | 96.1% | 32.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where West Scranton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lackawanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #459 of 576 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #447 of 626 ▼ 6 | #9 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #456 of 626 ▼ 107 | #8 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,404 | #86 of 713 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #246 of 601 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #35 of 604 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #129 of 619 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +60.1% | #2 of 221 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,404
+186 (+15%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,404 | 106 | 13.2:1 | 99% (1,396) |
| 2023-24 | 1,404 | 101 | 13.9:1 | 99% (1,396) |
| 2022-23 | 1,401 | 103 | 13.6:1 | 89% (1,251) |
| 2020-21 | 1,218 | 97 | 12.6:1 | 89% (1,082) |
| 2017-18 | 877 | 77.2 | 11.3:1 | 59% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 937 | 75 | 12.5:1 | 72% (675) |
| 2010-11 | 1,080 | 79 | 13.7:1 | 50% (543) |
| 2000-01 | 1,121 | 82 | 13.7:1 | 37% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 866 | 70 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Scranton High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 60% (877 to 1,404); teachers up 37% (77.2 to 106).
About West Scranton High School
West Scranton High School is a large high school. Its address is in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 1,404 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students each.
Scranton SD has a total of 15 schools and 9,165 students, West Scranton High School among them.
Hispanic students are the largest group at West Scranton High School, with 44% of enrollment. Next come 32% White, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 10% Hispanic. West Scranton High School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1, with 106 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at West Scranton High School is 99%. On average, public schools in Lackawanna County report 72%.
allk12 grades West Scranton High School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, West Scranton High School's results are within a point of predicted: 35.6% against 35.0%.
Lackawanna County has about 216,146 residents, and median household income is about $66,223, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 47 public schools in Lackawanna County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,006.
The nearest other public school, West Scranton Intrmd School, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.5%; West Scranton High School's is 35.6%, ranking 5th of 9.
Federal data place West Scranton High School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 15%, from 1,218 to 1,404.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for West Scranton High School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lackawanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,223
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
27,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scranton SD
- Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Northeast Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- West Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- South Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Isaac Tripp Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- John G Whittier #2Elementary · 442 students
Other schools in Scranton
- Scranton High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Northeast Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- West Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- South Scranton Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Isaac Tripp Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- John G Whittier #2Elementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- West Scranton Intrmd School0.2 mi · 820
- Frances Willard #320.2 mi · 345
- Charles Sumner #180.7 mi · 250
- Scranton High School1.2 mi · 1,815
- South Scranton Intrmd School1.2 mi · 798
- Isaac Tripp Elementary School1.6 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About West Scranton High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West Scranton High School?
West Scranton High School enrolls approximately 1,404 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does West Scranton High School serve?
West Scranton High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does West Scranton High School have?
West Scranton High School employs 106 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is West Scranton High School?
West Scranton High School reports a student body of 32% White, 44% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees West Scranton High School?
West Scranton High School is overseen by Scranton SD in Lackawanna County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.