Wolfpack Early Learning Academy

Wolfpack Early Learning Academy, a very small elementary school in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, part of Wilkes-Barre Area SD, instructs 101 students, covering grade pre-K. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Wolfpack Early Learning Academy sits 77% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Wilkes-Barre Area SD, which oversees 10 schools and 8,277 students, Wolfpack Early Learning Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Wolfpack Early Learning Academy records that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 18% White, 9% Black, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Luzerne County's rate of about 85%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Luzerne County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,691 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Luzerne County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students), Wolfpack Early Learning Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: G A R MS, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.