Wyalusing Area School District

The Wyalusing Area School District in Pennsylvania operates two schools: Wyalusing Valley Elementary School and Wyalusing Valley Junior/Senior High School. The elementary school stands out for its consistently high performance in PSSA Science tests, with 85.4% of students proficient or better, well above the state average. It also exceeds the state average in PSSA English Language Arts. The junior/senior high school has a relatively high graduation rate of 87.5% and a low dropout rate of 1.6%, indicating strong student retention.

Enrollment at the elementary school is 645 students, while the junior/senior high school has 587 students. The elementary school outperforms the state and district averages in PSSA Math, Science, and English Language Arts across most grade levels. In contrast, the junior/senior high school performs slightly below the state and district averages in PSSA Math and English Language Arts, but exceeds the state average in PSSA Science. On Keystone Exams, the junior/senior high school performs close to or above the state average in Algebra I, Biology, and Literature.

The elementary school has a higher free and reduced lunch rate of 57.67% compared to 44.97% at the junior/senior high school, suggesting a greater proportion of students from lower-income families in the lower grades. The elementary school also spends more per student at $13,358, compared to $12,436 per student at the junior/senior high school. Both schools have relatively low student-teacher ratios, with the elementary school at 14.2 and the junior/senior high school at 14.7.