NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Williamsport, PA

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8 public K-12 schools in Williamsport from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
5,118
Students
31.3/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Williamsport has more public-school enrollment than 56% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Williamsport's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Williamsport's 8 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Williamsport's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 15th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 76th percentile. The 61-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 44%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
15th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Williamsport Area Shs accounts for 28.6% of all Williamsport public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Williamsport-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Williamsport school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities

Williamsport school enrollment ranges from 353 students (lowest) to 1,462 students (highest), a spread of 1,109 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Williamsport reports 62.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Williamsport student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Loyalsock Twp Ms 55
2. Loyalsock Twp Shs 52
3. Williamsport Area Ms 27
4. Williamsport Area Shs 25
5. Cochran Primary Sch 25
6. Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch 24
7. Jackson Primary Sch 21
8. Curtin Intrmd Sch 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Williamsport

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Curtin Intrmd Sch 71.3/100
  2. 2 Jackson Primary Sch 68.3/100
  3. 3 Cochran Primary Sch 67.0/100
  4. 4 Williamsport Area Ms 60.4/100
  5. 5 Williamsport Area Shs 57.3/100

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Which Williamsport school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Loyalsock Twp Ms has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Williamsport schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Williamsport, PA? ▼

Williamsport has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,118 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.