Kennedy El Center Primary School
50 Penn Ave
Pittston PA, 18643, Luzerne County
Phone: 570-655-2146
Ranking: 
(415 out of 2,311, top 18%)*
(415 out of 2,311, top 18%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 3
School District: Wyoming Area School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 176 | 180 | 178 | 168 | 165 | 165 | 156 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 43 | 24.4% | 51 | 28.3% | 48 | 27.0% | 47 | 28.0% | 45 | 27.3% | 41 | 24.8% | 49 | 31.4% |
| Grade 1: | 47 | 26.7% | 42 | 23.3% | 53 | 29.8% | 43 | 25.6% | 39 | 23.6% | 52 | 31.5% | 32 | 20.5% |
| Grade 2: | 40 | 22.7% | 49 | 27.2% | 41 | 23.0% | 39 | 23.2% | 48 | 29.1% | 37 | 22.4% | 33 | 21.2% |
| Grade 3: | 46 | 26.1% | 38 | 21.1% | 36 | 20.2% | 39 | 23.2% | 33 | 20.0% | 35 | 21.2% | 42 | 26.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 87 | 49.4% | 90 | 50.0% | 81 | 45.5% | 71 | 42.3% | 76 | 46.1% | 79 | 47.9% | 76 | 48.7% |
| Female: | 89 | 50.6% | 90 | 50.0% | 97 | 54.5% | 97 | 57.7% | 80 | 48.5% | 78 | 47.3% | 76 | 48.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.6% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 10 | 5.7% | 9 | 5.0% | 13 | 7.3% | 6 | 3.6% | 4 | 2.4% | 4 | 2.4% | 2 | 1.3% |
| Black: | 4 | 2.3% | 6 | 3.3% | 8 | 4.5% | 5 | 3.0% | 7 | 4.2% | 7 | 4.2% | 6 | 3.8% |
| White: | 156 | 88.6% | 164 | 91.1% | 156 | 87.6% | 157 | 93.5% | 152 | 92.1% | 153 | 92.7% | 147 | 94.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 3 | 1.7% | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 60 | 34.1% | 63 | 35.0% | 65 | 36.5% | 54 | 32.1% | 52 | 31.5% | 45 | 27.3% | 37 | 23.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 6 | 3.4% | 10 | 5.6% | 8 | 4.5% | 13 | 7.7% | 17 | 10.3% | 18 | 10.9% | 14 | 9.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.37 | 16.74 | 16.18 | 15.27 | 13.75 | 15.00 | 7.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89% | 94% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82% | 91% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 85.5% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 88.6% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 93.6% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 93.8% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 87.3% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 88.8% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 87% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59% | 75% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 84% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 91.1% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 89.8% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97% | 82.1% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 86.3% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 80.7% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 96.9% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 93.5% | 78% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 93.7% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 85% | 70.1% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Kennedy El Center Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.