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Greater Nanticoke 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
425 Kosciuszko St
Nanticoke, PA 18634
Phone
(570) 735-7781
District
Greater Nanticoke Area SD
County
LUZERNE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
723
Classroom Teachers
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

3

(10 is best)

Better than 22.5% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Greater Nanticoke 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
37%
49%
50%
64%
24%
34%
37%
49%
50%
64%
24%
34%
    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
18
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 194 26.8%
Grade 10 194 26.8%
Grade 11 174 24.1%
Grade 12 161 22.3%
Total 723 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 72.6% 70.1% 64.5%
Black 7.6% 10.0% 15.4%
Hispanic 18.9% 19.1% 15.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.2% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.6% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.7% 94.6% 53.0%
Free lunch eligible 99.7% 94.6% 51.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,020 12,961,683
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 351.2 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.4% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.6% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 18.9% 19.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,417 5,235,339
Single Parent Households With Children 11.5% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.6% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.9% 34.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.5% 20.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.7% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.7% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.8% 14.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.6% 10.5%
$15,000 or less 12.9% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,077 $18,554,000 53.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $555 $1,275,000 3.7%
Staff $53 $121,000 0.3%
General Administration $285 $655,000 1.9%
School Administration $511 $1,173,000 3.4%
Operation $984 $2,261,000 6.5%
Transportation $882 $2,026,000 5.9%
Other $361 $830,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,631 $8,341,000 24.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,353 $7,701,000 22.3%
Total Expenditures $15,061 $34,596,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,819 $18,319,893,000 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,093 $1,850,572,000 4.8%
Staff $669 $1,132,122,000 2.9%
General Administration $477 $808,056,000 2.1%
School Administration $816 $1,382,117,000 3.6%
Operation $1,589 $2,691,467,000 7.0%
Transportation $709 $1,201,390,000 3.1%
Other $722 $1,223,280,000 3.2%
Total Support $6,076 $10,289,004,000 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,887 $9,968,592,000 25.8%
Total Expenditures $22,782 $38,577,489,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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