Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Plains, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy in Plains, Pennsylvania enrolled 93 students in 2024-25 with 3.2 full-time teachers, 29.3 students per teacher against the Pennsylvania high-school median of 13.8. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 50% or more (Pennsylvania: 87.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 16% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 10%
80 students in 2022-23, 84 students in 2023-24, 93 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 2.9 to 3.2.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 80 | 2.9 | 27.8 |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 3.0 | 28.2 |
| 2024-25 | 93 | 3.2 | 29.3 |
29.3 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 99 of every 100 Pennsylvania high schools
Among the 645 Pennsylvania high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.8; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
5 AP courses and one counselor per 79 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy enrolled 79 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 4 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses5
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 79 of the 79 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions4
- Chronically absent31.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
75.3% of students were White, 15.1% Hispanic, 4.3% Black in 2024-25.
- White75.3%
- Hispanic15.1%
- Black4.3%
- Asian3.2%
- Two or more races2.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
50% or more of the 14 students in Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.5% across Pennsylvania. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 50% or more | 77% | 87.5% |
| Students in the class | 14 | 656 | 136,045 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Plains
2 public high schools in Plains report 2024-25 enrollment; Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkes-Barre Area High School | 2,569 | 23.5 | 96.1% |
| Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy | 93 | 29.3 | 90.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy
- Wilkes-Barre Area High SchoolThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 2,569 students, 23.5 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- West Side CTCThe next nearest public high school, 2.4 miles away: 437 students, 14.6 per teacher (2024-25).2.4 mi
- Compare Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy with Wilkes-Barre Area High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Wilkes-Barre Area SD spends per student$12,924 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,924
- The largest public schools in PennsylvaniaWilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy is the number 631 by size of 709 Pennsylvania high schools open in 2024-25.#631 of 709
- Pennsylvania schools by students per teacher29.3 students per teacher here against the Pennsylvania median of 13.8 for high schools.29.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy
How many students attend Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy?
93 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 80 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Plains, PA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy?
29.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Pennsylvania median for high schools is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy a Title I school?
Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).What is the graduation rate at Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy?
50% or more of the 14 students in Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.5% across Pennsylvania. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy in?
Wilkes-Barre Area SD, NCES district ID 4226300. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 422630007650 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.