Elementary · Pennsylvania
Heights Terrace El/MS
Free meals for allHeights Terrace El/MS, a public elementary school in Hazleton, Pennsylvania: grades k–8, 1,236 students, 18.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hazleton Area 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
- 1,236
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.2
- Students per teacher
- 18.1
- Grades
- K–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 12.9 · 1,626 schools compared
More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 99% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 415 · 1,629 schools compared
Larger than 100% 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%25%proficient
−8.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 85% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 49% · 1,523 elementary schools compared
709 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%14%proficient
−1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 90% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 52% · 1,523 elementary schools compared
710 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–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small suburb
- Run by
- Hazleton Area SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hazleton Area SD.
Location
- Address
- 275 Mill St, Hazleton, PA 18201
- Phone
- (570)459-3111
- City or town
- Hazleton
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur Street El SchFree meals for all | K–2 | 431 | 17.0 | — | — |
West Hazleton El/MSFree meals for all | K–8 | 1,023 | 16.7 | 33% | 11% |
Hazle Township Early Learning CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 633 | 14.6 | — | — |
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MSFree meals for all | K–8 | 900 | 15.8 | 29% | 11% |
Drums El/MSFree meals for all | K–8 | 842 | 16.5 | 49% | 31% |
Valley El/MSFree meals for all | K–8 | 957 | 14.0 | 44% | 26% |
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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