Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Summary:

Daniel J Flood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, serving 592 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Wilkes-Barre Area School District, which is ranked 457 out of 610 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's higher-than-average per-student spending and relatively low student-teacher ratio, Daniel J Flood Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Pennsylvania elementary schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on PSSA tests is significantly below the state averages across all grades and subjects, with proficiency rates of just 32% in Math, 33.2% in English Language Arts, and 69.5% in Science, compared to the state averages of 40.4%, 53%, and 65.8%, respectively. This low academic performance is likely due to the school's very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, while Daniel J Flood Elementary School struggles overall, its African American and Hispanic students perform better than their White peers, ranking in the top half of Pennsylvania elementary schools in these subgroups. This suggests that the school may be able to leverage the strengths of its diverse student population to improve overall academic outcomes. Comparing the school's performance to nearby schools in the Hanover Area and Wyoming Valley West school districts, such as Lee Park Elementary and Dana Elementary Center, which demonstrate higher academic performance despite also serving high-poverty student populations, could provide valuable insights and best practices to help address the challenges faced by Daniel J Flood Elementary School.


Detail:

Public K-5

 565 N Washington St
       Wilkes Barre, PA  18705-1632


(570) 826-7245

District: Wilkes-Barre Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1143rd of 1,526 Pennsylvania Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,628 Help


Students who attend Daniel J Flood Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Solomon/Plains Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.2 Help
Number of students:  620

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
58.2%
African American:
17.3%
White:
16.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Compare Details Daniel J Flood Elementary School ranks worse than 74.9% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.08. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Daniel J Flood Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (58.2%), African American (17.3%), White (16.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 100% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Daniel J Flood Elementary School is 16.2, which is the 2nd best among 5 elementary schools in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Daniel J Flood Elementary School is $15,628, which is the 2nd highest among 5 elementary schools in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Daniel J Flood Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Daniel J Flood Elementary School 1143rd of 1526 Pennsylvania public elementary schools. (See Daniel J Flood Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Wilkes-Barre Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Wilkes-Barre Area School District 457th of 610 Pennsylvania school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Daniel J Flood Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 33.86 950th 1302 27.0%
2004 76.43 316th 1308 75.8%
2005 66.92 481st 1299 63.0%
2006 38.90 1156th 1545 25.2%
2007 31.00 1252nd 1555 19.5%
2008 28.81 1276th 1551 17.7%
2009 36.21 1206th 1549 22.1%
2010 41.95 1144th 1579 27.5%
2011 43.26 1158th 1597 27.5%
2012 32.51 1272nd 1599 20.5%
2013 15.15 1313th 1519 13.6%
2014 11.73 1295th 1467 11.7%
2015 17.69 1210th 1474 17.9%
2016 15.06 1307th 1554 15.9%
2017 15.18 1301st 1547 15.9%
2018 17.80 1266th 1530 17.3%
2019 23.08 1222nd 1544 20.9%
2021 13.76 1208th 1433 15.7%
2022 16.67 1248th 1534 18.6%
2023 24.99 1171st 1534 23.7%
2024 26.08 1143rd 1526 25.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 42.98 116th 200 42.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 38.22 955th 1414 32.5%
2024 42.53 914th 1432 36.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 27.09 1111th 1488 25.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 25.76 802nd 1043 23.1%
2024 31.39 754th 1084 30.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 25.32 1140th 1495 23.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 50.52 174th 437 60.2%
2024 41.74 246th 437 43.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 61.73 145th 432 66.4%
2024 55.17 186th 454 59.0%
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Rank History for White students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 11.56 1154th 1236 6.6%
2024 30.82 942nd 1229 23.4%
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Data source: test scores: Pennsylvania Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Reviews:
by a parent
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Open Quote this school is a joke my son has been attending this school for the past 3 years and its another year to where we are having problems my son is in the second grade and he comes home so stressed out for his day at school and comes home with almost 2 hours of homework each night I do belive homework is very important but after being in school for almost 6 hours a day and has to come home and do 2 hours of home work is a little to much I have talked to several other students and teachers in other school districs and they have all told me that that's a lot of homework to be giving a child that is in second grade and that the child should not be coming home and being so stressed out I have talked to my childs teacher and wrote her a few notes about the homework and I have not gotten a phone call or a note sent home all she did was tell my son ok at the parent teacher conference I have told her about the homework and it seemed like she could care less about my concerens with it he cant even sharpen his own pencil he tells me that he is getting treated like he is in kindergarden if I was able to my son would not be attending this school again this year and they wonder why the school raiting is so low 3 out of 10 Close Quote



Enrollment information for Daniel J Flood Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 505 12 11 4 3 n/a n/a 0 535
1989 503 11 5 0 2 n/a n/a 0 521
1990 512 15 14 1 2 n/a n/a 0 544
1991 532 14 4 5 3 n/a n/a 0 558
1992 545 18 5 4 2 n/a n/a 0 574
1993 526 19 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 553
1994 541 22 8 2 0 n/a n/a 0 573
1995 530 32 7 6 1 n/a n/a 0 576
1996 530 32 7 6 1 n/a n/a 0 576
1997 509 29 9 4 0 n/a n/a 0 551
1998 351 34 9 11 1 n/a n/a 0 406
1999 338 33 7 13 0 n/a n/a 0 391
2000 318 35 12 18 0 n/a n/a 0 383
2001 304 38 9 25 0 n/a n/a 0 376
2002 396 57 5 55 0 n/a n/a 0 513
2003 396 57 5 55 0 n/a n/a 0 513
2004 361 74 15 86 0 n/a n/a 0 536
2005 354 86 21 79 1 n/a n/a 0 541
2006 336 82 12 91 0 n/a n/a 0 521
2007 307 101 3 119 0 n/a n/a 0 530
2008 284 121 2 116 0 n/a n/a 1 524
2009 260 91 0 119 0 n/a n/a 19 489
2010 226 99 2 147 0 n/a n/a 27 501
2011 244 103 4 174 1 0 1 0 527
2012 239 111 3 186 0 0 9 0 548
2013 215 115 0 203 1 0 20 0 554
2014 179 119 2 216 0 0 32 0 548
2015 186 134 3 240 1 2 45 0 611
2016 182 125 7 225 0 0 49 0 588
2017 185 137 7 264 1 0 66 0 660
2018 162 137 10 294 1 0 67 0 671
2019 140 139 8 299 0 1 68 0 655
2020 137 154 11 336 0 1 60 0 699
2021 115 109 8 354 0 0 56 0 642
2022 102 120 12 328 0 0 47 0 609
2023 99 117 7 317 0 0 52 0 592
2024 103 107 6 361 1 0 42 0 620

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Daniel J Flood Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 535 27.3 19.5 n/a
1989 521 27.5 18.9 n/a
1990 544 27.0 20.1 0
1991 558 29.8 18.7 n/a
1992 574 29.9 19.1 n/a
1993 553 27.0 20.5 n/a
1994 573 25.0 22.9 n/a
1995 576 33.0 17.5 n/a
1996 576 33.0 17.5 n/a
1997 551 33.0 16.7 n/a
1998 406 28.0 14.5 n/a
1999 391 27.0 14.5 n/a
2000 383 27.0 14.2 53.3
2001 376 24.0 15.7 54.3
2002 513 31.1 16.5 52.6
2003 513 31.1 16.5 52.6
2004 536 35.1 15.3 35.4
2005 541 37.6 14.4 49.9
2006 521 35.7 14.6 75
2007 530 37.5 14.1 81.9
2008 524 73.6 7.1 75.9
2009 489 40.4 12.1 88.9
2010 501 38.4 13.0 87.6
2011 527 41.4 12.7 85.8
2012 548 40.0 13.6 90.3
2013 554 40.6 13.6 88.4
2014 548 39.9 13.7 86.5
2015 611 41.0 14.9 99.5
2016 588 39.0 15.0 100
2017 660 38.0 17.3 100
2018 671 40.0 16.7 99.9
2019 655 40.8 16.0 100
2020 699 41.9 16.6 100
2021 642 41.9 15.3 99.5
2022 609 39.7 15.3 99.5
2023 592 34.2 17.2 100
2024 620 38.0 16.2 100

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Daniel J Flood Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 535 27.3 19.5 n/a
1989 521 27.5 18.9 n/a
1990 544 27.0 20.1 0
1991 558 29.8 18.7 n/a
1992 574 29.9 19.1 n/a
1993 553 27.0 20.5 n/a
1994 573 25.0 22.9 n/a
1995 576 33.0 17.5 n/a
1996 576 33.0 17.5 n/a
1997 551 33.0 16.7 n/a
1998 406 28.0 14.5 n/a
1999 391 27.0 14.5 n/a
2000 383 27.0 14.2 53.3
2001 376 24.0 15.7 54.3
2002 513 31.1 16.5 52.6
2003 513 31.1 16.5 52.6
2004 536 35.1 15.3 35.4
2005 541 37.6 14.4 49.9
2006 521 35.7 14.6 75
2007 530 37.5 14.1 81.9
2008 524 73.6 7.1 75.9
2009 489 40.4 12.1 88.9
2010 501 38.4 13.0 87.6
2011 527 41.4 12.7 85.8
2012 548 40.0 13.6 90.3
2013 554 40.6 13.6 88.4
2014 548 39.9 13.7 86.5
2015 611 41.0 14.9 99.5
2016 588 39.0 15.0 100
2017 660 38.0 17.3 100
2018 671 40.0 16.7 99.9
2019 655 40.8 16.0 100
2020 699 41.9 16.6 100
2021 642 41.9 15.3 99.5
2022 609 39.7 15.3 99.5
2023 592 34.2 17.2 100
2024 620 38.0 16.2 100

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Daniel J Flood Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,678 (9.8%) $15,442 (90.2%) $17,121
2020 $857 (6.0%) $13,311 (94.0%) $14,168
2021 $1,538 (9.7%) $14,261 (90.3%) $15,799
2022 $4,653 (29.8%) $10,975 (70.2%) $15,628

Data source: Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Daniel J Flood Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1222nd of 1544 Elementary schoolsRanks 1171st of 1534 Elementary schools
 2.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Math (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)2529.7
 4.7%
   3rd Grade Math (Pennsylvania)5651.7
 4.3%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)39.338.1
 1.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Pennsylvania)61.954
 7.9%
4th Grade Math (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)24.420.8
 3.6%
   4th Grade Math (Pennsylvania)46.246.5
 0.3%
4th Grade Science (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)85.171.5
 13.6%
   4th Grade Science (Pennsylvania)77.874.1
 3.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)4034.2
 5.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Pennsylvania)63.651.8
 11.8%
5th Grade Math (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)17.121.3
 4.2%
   5th Grade Math (Pennsylvania)4342.7
 0.3%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)29.938.3
 8.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Pennsylvania)58.553.6
 4.9%
All Grades Math (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)22.624
 1.4%
   All Grades Math (Pennsylvania)42.439.3
 3.1%
All Grades Science (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)85.171.5
 13.6%
   All Grades Science (Pennsylvania)6865.6
 2.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Daniel J Flood Elementary School)40.536.9
 3.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Pennsylvania)60.953.8
 7.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students655592
 9.6%
African American139117
 15.8%
American Indian00
Asian87
 12.5%
Hispanic299317
 6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White14099
 29.3%
Two or More Races6852
 23.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients100%100%


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Students at Daniel J Flood Elementary School are 58% Hispanic, 17% African American, 17% White, 7% Two or more races.

Students who attend Daniel J Flood Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Solomon/Plains Middle School

Daniel J Flood Elementary School ranks 1143rd of 1526 Pennsylvania elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 620 students attended Daniel J Flood Elementary School.


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