Wilkes-Barre Area HS
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Abington SHS → Wilson HS → North Penn SHS → Downingtown HS East Campus → Perkiomen Valley HS → Upper Darby SHS → Quakertown Community HS → Great Valley HS →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- Academic signals not yet ingested for this school
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Wilkes-Barre Area HS compares for families
What families should know about Wilkes-Barre Area HS.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Abington SHS, Wilson HS, North Penn SHS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $32,875/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,569 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $18,741 per student in district revenue, the 807 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $15,123,987/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington SHS Abington |
Public | 88.4 | 2,692 | +37.8% |
| Wilson HS West Lawn |
Public | 65.0 | 2,133 | +5.4% |
| North Penn SHS Lansdale |
Public | 76.7 | 3,165 | +0.9% |
| Downingtown HS East Campus Exton |
Public | 85.2 | 1,708 | +0.4% |
| Perkiomen Valley HS Collegeville |
Public | 75.3 | 1,616 | -8.6% |
| Upper Darby SHS Drexel Hill |
Public | 95.3 | 4,187 | +5.0% |
| Quakertown Community HS Quakertown |
Public | 63.3 | 1,570 | -7.5% |
| Great Valley HS Malvern |
Public | 85.0 | 1,481 | +5.6% |