Best Public Schools in Sciota, PA


Summary:

The city of Sciota, Pennsylvania has only one public elementary school, Hamilton Township Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. As the sole school in the area, Hamilton Township Elementary is the focus of this analysis, with comparisons made to the broader Stroudsburg Area School District and the state of Pennsylvania.

Hamilton Township Elementary School has consistently ranked in the middle-to-upper range of Pennsylvania elementary schools, ranking 737th out of 1,526 in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance on PSSA tests is generally above the district and state averages, particularly in science, where 87.3% of students scored proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 66.4% for the district and 65.8% for the state. However, the school's performance in English Language Arts lags behind the district and state, with only 48.7% of students scoring proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 52.4% for the district and 53% for the state.

The school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 37.71% in the 2022-2023 school year, and a student-teacher ratio of 11.5, which is lower than the state average. The school's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $24,243, which is higher than the state average. These factors may contribute to the school's overall performance, and further analysis of resource allocation and targeted interventions could help address the areas for potential improvement.








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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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