Elementary · Pennsylvania
Dana El Ctr
Free meals for allDana El Ctr, a public elementary school in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania: grades k–5, 626 students, 17.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wyoming Valley West SD.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 626
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.3
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 96% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 12.9 · 1,626 schools compared
More students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 86% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 415 · 1,629 schools compared
Larger than 83% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Pennsylvania: 49%44%proficient
−1.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 49% · 1,523 elementary schools compared
292 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%30%proficient
+8.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 52% · 1,523 elementary schools compared
292 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Wyoming Valley West SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wyoming Valley West SD.
Location
- Address
- 50 Dana Street, Forty Fort, PA 18704
- Phone
- (570)283-0591
- City or town
- Forty Fort
- County
- Luzerne County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Solomon/Plains El SchFree meals for all | K–5 | 718 | 15.3 | 41% | 43% |
Chester Street El SchFree meals for all | 1–5 | 294 | 13.8 | 40% | 30% |
Third Avenue El SchFree meals for all | K | 97 | 10.1 | — | — |
Daniel J Flood El SchFree meals for all | K–5 | 616 | 16.8 | 40% | 40% |
Wyoming Area Primary CtrFree meals for all | 1–3 | 465 | 13.2 | 55% | 51% |
Dodson El SchFree meals for all | K–5 | 522 | 20.1 | 27% | 21% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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