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Kingston, Pennsylvania - 6 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Wyoming Valley West Sd #426 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,116 per pupil, Wyoming Valley West Sd ranks #622 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,972
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$14,116
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wyoming Valley West Sd operates 6 public schools serving 4,972 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Luzerne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,116 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 68 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.9% local, 44.2% state, and 10.9% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 38/100, ranked #426 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 534.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 39.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.4% White, 27.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Chester Street El Sch, with a diversity index of 70.5/100.
Its largest campus is State El Ctr, enrolling 1,376 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Third Avenue El Sch, at 97 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
State El Ctr accounts for 27.7% of all Wyoming Valley West Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wyoming Valley West Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Wyoming Valley West Sd school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Wyoming Valley West Sd school enrollment ranges from 97 students (lowest) to 1,376 students (highest), a spread of 1,279 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wyoming Valley West Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Wyoming Valley West Sd student-counselor ratio is 535:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Wyoming Valley West Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 39.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Wyoming Valley West Sd has 6 schools, including 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 4,972 students.
How much does Wyoming Valley West Sd spend per student?
Wyoming Valley West Sd spends $14,116 per student. The district has an equity score of 38/100, ranking #426 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Wyoming Valley West Sd?
Wyoming Valley West Sd students are 46.4% White, 27.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% African American, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wyoming Valley West Sd?
Wyoming Valley West Sd has an equity score of 38/100, ranking #426 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.