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Wyoming Valley West School District

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Wyoming Valley West School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Wyoming Valley West School District has 14.68 square miles of land area and 0.62 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Wyoming Valley West School District population is 41,934. Wyoming Valley West School District median household income is $43,927 in 2010-2014. Wyoming Valley West School District median house value is $112,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Wyoming Valley West School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (435 out of 496, bottom 12%) Elementary/Middle School: (411 out of 498, bottom 17%)* Rank: #437
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	41,934 (2010-2014), rank #56
Population Growth	0.13% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	2,740.15/sq mi, rank #55
Median Household Income:	$43,927 at 2010-2014—15.15% increase since 2005-2009, rank #377
Median House Price:	$112,100 at 2010-2014—14.15% increase since 2005-2009, rank #338
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	14.68 sq mi, rank #416
Water Area:	0.62 sq mi (4.05%), rank #222
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Luzerne County
City:	Swoyersville, Pringle, Plymouth, Luzerne, Larksville, Kingston, Forty Fort, Edwardsville, Courtdale
Zip:	18704, 18709, 18651
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Wyoming Valley West School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

450 North Maple Ave

Kingston PA, 18704, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-288-6551

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,780	4,792	4,785	4,855	4,954	4,905	5,109
English Language Learner Students:	44	47	41	45	40	41	35
Total Teachers:	316.00	317.00	322.00	326.96	328.00	321.00	320.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	16.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	19.00	18.00
Elementary:	146.20	145.66	144.00	131.34	140.00	132.00	137.00
Secondary:	130.80	129.34	132.00	156.12	143.00	142.00	139.00
Ungraded:	23.00	25.00	29.00	22.50	28.00	28.00	26.00
Total Other Staff:	219.00	259.00	256.00	264.00	166.00	173.00	224.50
Instructional Aides:	62.00	90.00	90.00	94.00	38.50	45.50	79.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	4.00	5.00	4.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	8.00	8.00	8.00	5.00	7.00	7.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	11.00	11.00	18.00
School Administrators:	10.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00
School Administrative Support:	24.00	22.00	22.00	21.00	14.00	14.00	24.00
Student Support Services:	NA	8.00	5.00	13.00	8.00	7.00	7.00
Other Support Services:	87.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	61.50	62.50	65.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.13	15.12	14.86	14.85	15.10	15.28	15.97

Schools

Chester Street Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	110 East Chester St, Kingston PA 18704
Dana El Center	Kindergarten to Grade 5	50 Dana St, Kingston PA 18704
Schuyler Avenue Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	715 Schuyler Ave, Kingston PA 18704
State El Center	Kindergarten to Grade 5	355 State St, Kingston PA 18704
Third Avenue Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	Rear Third Ave And Davis St, Kingston PA 18704
Wyoming Valley West Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	201 Chester St, Kingston PA 18704
Wyoming Valley West Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	150 Wadham St, Plymouth PA 18651

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.5%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.9%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.1%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.9%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$62,770,000	$13,118		$64,962,000	$13,380		$62,411,000	$12,598
Federal:	$4,694,000	$981	7.5%	$8,120,000	$1,673	12.5%	$6,262,000	$1,264	10.0%
State:	$26,615,000	$5,562	42.4%	$25,210,000	$5,193	38.8%	$25,207,000	$5,088	40.4%
Local:	$31,461,000	$6,575	50.1%	$31,632,000	$6,515	48.7%	$30,942,000	$6,246	49.6%
Total Expenditures:	$79,536,000	$16,622		$61,635,000	$12,695		$60,620,000	$12,237
Total Current Expenditures:	$50,682,000	$10,592		$51,715,000	$10,652		$49,896,000	$10,072
Instructional Expenditures:	$35,080,000	$7,331	69.2%	$36,080,000	$7,432	69.8%	$34,544,000	$6,973	69.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,362,000	$912	8.6%	$4,272,000	$880	8.3%	$4,067,000	$821	8.2%
Administration:	$2,888,000	$604	5.7%	$2,729,000	$562	5.3%	$2,665,000	$538	5.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,352,000	$1,745	16.5%	$8,634,000	$1,778	16.7%	$8,620,000	$1,740	17.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$19,464,000	$4,068		$1,591,000	$328		$2,407,000	$486
Construction:	$19,417,000	$4,058		$1,210,000	$249		$1,594,000	$322
Total Other:	$250,000	$52		$237,000	$49		$248,000	$50
Interest on Debt:	$995,000	$208		$160,000	$33		$185,000	$37

Total Salary:	$31,684,000	$6,622		$32,034,000	$6,598		$31,400,000	$6,338
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$23,959,000	$5,007	75.6%	$24,698,000	$5,087	77.1%	$24,319,000	$4,909	77.4%
Other Salary:	$7,725,000	$1,614	24.4%	$7,336,000	$1,511	22.9%	$7,081,000	$1,429	22.6%
Total Benefit:	$11,231,000	$2,347		$9,985,000	$2,057		$9,126,000	$1,842
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$8,835,000	$1,846	78.7%	$7,920,000	$1,631	79.3%	$7,219,000	$1,457	79.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,396,000	$501	21.3%	$2,065,000	$425	20.7%	$1,907,000	$385	20.9%

* Wyoming Valley West School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.