Enrollment
93
High
DISTRICT 1,331 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILKES-BARRE AREA SD·NCES 422630007650
Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy
2021 Wolfpack Way, Plains, PA 18705 · (570) 826-7111 · Luzerne County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
29.3:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
84 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 24 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 31 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 19 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 19 | 20% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
100.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
94.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 100 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 100.0% | 94.4% |
| 2023-24 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
96.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+57.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 96% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 57 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy
Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy's state test result (96.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy this school | 93 | 90.3% | 96.3% |
| Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering Phoenixville | 79 | 96.2% | 9.8% |
| Chester County Technical College High School - Brandywine Downingtown | 75 | 96.0% | N/A |
| Dr Robert Ketterer CS Inc Latrobe | 127 | 97.6% | 19.9% |
| Center for Student Learning CS at Pennsbury Levittown | 170 | 88.8% | 20.5% |
| Weatherly Area High School Weatherly | 125 | 76.8% | 52.7% |
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 Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #633 of 713 | #13 of 16 |
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
93
+26 (+39%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
29.3:1
was 33.5:1
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 | 93 | 3.2 | 29.3:1 | 90% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 3 | 28.2:1 | 100% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 80 | 2.9 | 27.8:1 | 100% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 67 | 2 | 33.5:1 | 96% (64) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy.
About Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy
Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is a very small high school in Plains, Pennsylvania, under Wilkes-Barre Area SD. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 93 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 87% below the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
The district, Wilkes-Barre Area SD, operates 10 schools serving 8,277 students.
About 75% of the student body at Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is White. The remaining students are 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Luzerne County residents are about 76% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 3.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 29.3:1. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 12.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 90%.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy outscored 99%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is 38.9%. It actually posts 96.3%, which is 57.4 points higher and in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In the wider Luzerne County area, the median household earns about $63,691 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Luzerne County counts 65 public schools with about 45,209 students.
Of the public schools around it, Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is closest to Wilkes-Barre Area High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy's average proficiency of 96.3% compares with 35.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment increased 39% over 4 years, reaching 93 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 33.5:1 to 29.3:1.
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Luzerne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
327,675
Census ACS
Median income
$63,691
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
45,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilkes-Barre Area SD
- Wilkes-Barre Area High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- G A R Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,101 students
- Dr David W Kistler Elementary SchoolElementary · 961 students
- Heights/Murray Elementary SchoolElementary · 838 students
- Solomon/Plains Middle SchoolMiddle · 758 students
- Solomon/Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
Other schools in Plains
- Wilkes-Barre Area High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Solomon/Plains Middle SchoolMiddle · 758 students
- Solomon/Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
Nearby schools
- Wilkes-Barre Area High School0.0 mi · 2,569
- Solomon/Plains Elementary School0.6 mi · 718
- Solomon/Plains Middle School0.6 mi · 758
- Daniel J Flood Elementary School0.9 mi · 616
- Dodson Elementary School1.4 mi · 522
- Dana El Center1.6 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM AcademyHow many students attend Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy?
Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy enrolls approximately 93 students in grades 09-12.
Is Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is approximately 29.3:1 (3 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy?
Student demographics at Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy are roughly 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy public or private?
Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wilkes-Barre Area SD.
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