Public schools in Scranton, PA

Scranton has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 9,561 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Scranton City School District runs 15 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Scranton's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in ScrantonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Scranton City School District159,262$17,307
Howard Gardner MI Charter School1318$13,972
CTC of Lackawanna County118not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Scranton, 3,231 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Scranton High School1,81520.299.9%Scranton City
West Scranton High School1,40413.299.4%Scranton City
CTC of Lackawanna County120.494.4%CTC of Lackawanna County

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Scranton, 2,512 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Northeast Intrmd School89410.999.8%Scranton City
West Scranton Intrmd School82011.999.9%Scranton City
South Scranton Intrmd School79812.097.9%Scranton City

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

11 elementary schools in Scranton, 3,818 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Isaac Tripp Elementary School71012.494.5%Scranton City
John G Whittier #244213.499.8%Scranton City
Neil Armstrong #4044111.596.8%Scranton City
Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence CS38411.832.3%Howard Gardner MI Charter School
Frances Willard #3234514.0100.0%Scranton City
McNichols Plaza31713.199.7%Scranton City
John F. Kennedy #730510.8100.0%Scranton City
Charles Sumner #1825017.298.8%Scranton City
John Adams #421411.490.7%Scranton City
Robert Morris #2720612.6100.0%Scranton City
One more elementary school
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
William Prescott #3820413.499.2%Scranton City

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Scranton's public schools compare with Pennsylvania's

The median Scranton school has 12.5 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Pennsylvania median of 13.1. 76% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 43% across the state. Its median school enrolls 384 students (state 460).

Scranton against Pennsylvania, schools open in 2024-25 with students
ScrantonPennsylvania
Median students per teacher12.513.1
Median school size (students)384460
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)76%43%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)94%41%
Charter schools5.9%6.0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Scranton schools and the 2,899 Pennsylvania schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Scranton

  1. Scranton City School DistrictRuns 15 of Scranton's 17 public schools and spent $17,307 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,307
  2. Scranton High School, the largest high school in Scranton1,815 students in 2024-25, 20.2 per teacher.1,815
  3. Compare Scranton City School District with Howard Gardner MI Charter SchoolScranton's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in PennsylvaniaPennsylvania's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Scranton addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Pennsylvania

  1. Philadelphia302 schools
  2. Pittsburgh145 schools
  3. Harrisburg40 schools
  4. York39 schools
  5. Lancaster37 schools
  6. Erie35 schools
  7. Allentown34 schools
  8. Reading32 schools

Questions about schools in Scranton

  1. How many public schools are in Scranton, PA?
    17 public schools with an address in Scranton were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 9,561 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Scranton?
    Scranton High School, with 1,815 students in 2024-25 (Scranton City School District).
  3. Which districts run Scranton's schools?
    Scranton City School District (15 schools), Howard Gardner MI Charter School (1 school), CTC of Lackawanna County (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .