Best Public Schools in Waymart, PA

Summary:

The city of Waymart, Pennsylvania is home to a single standout elementary school, the Robert D Wilson Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. This school consistently outperforms the district and state averages on standardized tests, ranking in the top 27% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania for the 2023-2024 school year.

The Robert D Wilson Elementary School's academic excellence is evident across subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, 65.9% of its students were proficient or better in Math, compared to 47% for the Western Wayne School District and 40.4% for the state. Similarly, the school's Science proficiency rate was 81%, surpassing the district's 74.1% and the state's 65.8%. In English Language Arts, the school maintained a 64.4% proficiency rate, outperforming the district's 60% and the state's 53%.

The school's strong performance is further highlighted by its improving statewide ranking, rising from 697 in 2022-2023 to 419 in 2023-2024. With a student-teacher ratio of 11.6 to 1 and a spending of $32,212 per student, the Robert D Wilson Elementary School appears to be well-resourced and committed to providing a quality education for its diverse student population, including a significant number of students from lower-income families.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSSA Math (2024)				PSSA Science (2024)		PSSA English Language Arts (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Robert D Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	74 Belmont St	Waymart	18472	Wayne County	Western Wayne School District	No	No	No	Yes	(800) 321-9973	308	27	11.6	54.9%	284 (92.2%)	3 (1.0%)	11 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	74	419^th of 1526 public elementary schools	72.5%		60.2	697^th of 1534 public elementary schools	54.6%	278	71.7	62.1	61.5	65.9	81.0	81.0	67.9	62.1	61.6	64.4	$32,212	$1,445	$30,766

Cities Near Waymart

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Simpson	4.02 mi	1
Forest City	5.33 mi	2	501^st
Carbondale	5.43 mi	2	686^th
Lake Ariel	6.27 mi	4	291^st
Mayfield	6.98 mi	1	632^nd

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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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