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Wyoming Valley West High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
150 Wadham Street
Plymouth, PA 18651
Phone
(570) 779-5361
District
WYOMING VALLEY WEST SD
County
LUZERNE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1333

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.3% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Wyoming Valley West High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
33%
64%
56%
64%
10%
63%
33%
64%
56%
64%
10%
63%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
No Data
No Data
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 376 28.2%
Grade 10 308 23.1%
Grade 11 324 24.3%
Grade 12 325 24.4%
Total 1333 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 69.3% 65.9% 65.3%
Black 12.8% 14.1% 15.4%
Hispanic 16.4% 18.8% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 0.9% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 61.8% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 61.8% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 0.0% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 41,576 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,710.4 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.3% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.6% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.2% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 19.5% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 18,399 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 10.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.0% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.9% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.6% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.3% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.2% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.2% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.1% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 13.7% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,981 $46,481,517 57.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $619 $2,882,683 3.6%
Staff $405 $1,886,085 2.4%
General Administration $206 $959,342 1.2%
School Administration $395 $1,839,515 2.3%
Operation $1,104 $5,141,328 6.4%
Transportation $571 $2,659,147 3.3%
Other $224 $1,043,168 1.3%
Total Support $3,525 $16,415,925 20.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,720 $17,324,040 21.6%
Total Expenditures $17,225 $80,216,825 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%