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Enrollment
444
Middle
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYOMING AREA SD·NCES 422673009972
Wyoming Area Intermediate Center
100 Montgomery Avenue, West Pittston, PA 18643 · (570) 654-1404 · Luzerne County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
456 students
DISTRICT 107% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 153 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 32% |
| Grade 6 | 149 | 34% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Wyoming Area Intermediate Center→Wyoming Area Sec Center
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wyoming Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.3% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 36.6% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Wyoming Area Intermediate Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #217 of 479 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #175 of 513 ▲ 73 | #1 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #247 of 513 ▲ 95 | #2 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #339 of 522 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #240 of 486 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #258 of 486 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #50 of 510 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #77 of 332 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
444
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 444 | 34.6 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 35.6 | 12.8:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 35.1 | 13.8:1 | 100% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 55% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 34.1 | 15.8:1 | 43% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 44% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 41% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 35% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 23 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wyoming Area Intermediate Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (538 to 444); teachers up 1% (34.1 to 34.6).
About Wyoming Area Intermediate Center
Wyoming Area Intermediate Center is a small middle school with an address in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. The school's 444 students are in grades 4 through 6. Enrollment is 25% lower than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 594.
Wyoming Area SD has a total of 4 schools and 1,959 students, Wyoming Area Intermediate Center among them.
A majority of students at Wyoming Area Intermediate Center, 78%, are White. Next come 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. County-wide, about 76% of residents are White. Wyoming Area Intermediate Center has a diversity index of 38%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Wyoming Area Intermediate Center is 34.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.8:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1.
allk12 grades Wyoming Area Intermediate Center an A-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wyoming Area Intermediate Center is 15.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.4% actual, 33.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Luzerne County has about 327,675 residents, and median household income is about $63,691, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 65 public schools in Luzerne County, with a combined enrollment of about 45,209.
Wyoming Area Sec Center is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Wyoming Area Intermediate Center places 3rd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Wyoming Area Intermediate Center as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 485 to 444. Students per teacher fell from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wyoming Area Intermediate Center covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Wyoming Area SD
- Wyoming Area Sec CenterHigh · 929 students
- Wyoming Area Primary CenterElementary · 465 students
- Wyoming Area Kindergarten CenterElementary · 121 students
Nearby schools
- Wyoming Area Sec Center0.7 mi · 929
- Wyoming Area Kindergarten Center0.8 mi · 121
- Pittston City Intrmd Center1.1 mi · 730
- Pittston Area Middle School1.1 mi · 761
- Pittston Area SHS1.7 mi · 1,055
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Center1.8 mi · 701
Frequently asked questions
About Wyoming Area Intermediate CenterHow large is Wyoming Area Intermediate Center?
Wyoming Area Intermediate Center enrolls approximately 444 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Wyoming Area Intermediate Center serve?
Wyoming Area Intermediate Center serves grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Wyoming Area Intermediate Center have?
Wyoming Area Intermediate Center employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wyoming Area Intermediate Center?
At Wyoming Area Intermediate Center, the student body is approximately 78% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Wyoming Area Intermediate Center in?
Wyoming Area Intermediate Center is part of Wyoming Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.