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Hazleton Area 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1601 W 23rd St
Hazle Township, PA 18202
Phone
(570) 459-3221
District
Hazleton Area SD
County
LUZERNE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
3884
Classroom Teachers
201

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

3

(10 is best)

Better than 21.2% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Hazleton Area High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
36%
52%
50%
63%
22%
42%
36%
52%
50%
63%
22%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
17
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 1,132 29.1%
Grade 10 1,001 25.8%
Grade 11 918 23.6%
Grade 12 833 21.4%
Total 3884 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 32.3% 28.7% 63.7%
Black 1.4% 1.7% 15.3%
Hispanic 65.6% 68.8% 15.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.4% 4.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 100.0% 60.5%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 100.0% 58.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 78,817 12,961,683
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 314.5 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.7% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 19.3% 19.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 31,201 5,235,339
Single Parent Households With Children 10.6% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.9% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.0% 34.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.7% 20.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.9% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.8% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.1% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.1% 14.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.1% 10.5%
$15,000 or less 13.4% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,455 $106,604,000 56.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $606 $7,645,000 4.0%
Staff $100 $1,260,000 0.7%
General Administration $158 $1,994,000 1.0%
School Administration $537 $6,776,000 3.6%
Operation $983 $12,398,000 6.5%
Transportation $312 $3,934,000 2.1%
Other $381 $4,807,000 2.5%
Total Support $3,078 $38,814,000 20.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,571 $45,029,000 23.6%
Total Expenditures $15,104 $190,447,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,410 $19,314,874,000 46.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,181 $1,999,299,000 4.8%
Staff $719 $1,217,944,000 2.9%
General Administration $516 $873,949,000 2.1%
School Administration $874 $1,479,321,000 3.5%
Operation $1,701 $2,880,130,000 6.9%
Transportation $878 $1,485,755,000 3.5%
Other $795 $1,346,625,000 3.2%
Total Support $6,665 $11,283,023,000 26.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,687 $11,320,032,000 27.0%
Total Expenditures $24,762 $41,917,929,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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