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Carbondale Area Junior And Senior High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
101 Brooklyn Street
Carbondale, PA 18407
Phone
(570) 282-4500
District
Carbondale Area SD
County
LACKAWANNA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
778
Classroom Teachers
63

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

2

(10 is best)

Better than 16.8% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Carbondale Area Junior And Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
24%
44%
35%
54%
13%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
18%
39%
30%
53%
6%
26%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
35%
49%
61%
64%
8%
34%
35%
49%
61%
64%
8%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 117 15.0%
Grade 8 144 18.5%
Grade 9 146 18.8%
Grade 10 135 17.4%
Grade 11 117 15.0%
Grade 12 119 15.3%
Total 778 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.0% 76.9% 64.5%
Black 5.5% 5.7% 15.4%
Hispanic 16.0% 16.5% 15.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.5% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 46.4% 46.0% 53.0%
Free lunch eligible 46.4% 46.0% 51.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 11,025 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 595.5 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.1% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.9% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 22.7% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,837 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 14.2% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.4% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.9% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.8% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.4% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.1% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.3% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.2% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.2% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 14.9% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,266 $12,837,000 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $669 $1,039,000 4.1%
Staff $431 $669,000 2.7%
General Administration $304 $472,000 1.9%
School Administration $511 $793,000 3.2%
Operation $1,057 $1,642,000 6.5%
Transportation $368 $571,000 2.3%
Other $252 $392,000 1.6%
Total Support $3,592 $5,578,000 22.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,294 $6,668,000 26.6%
Total Expenditures $16,151 $25,083,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,819 $18,319,893,000 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,093 $1,850,572,000 4.8%
Staff $669 $1,132,122,000 2.9%
General Administration $477 $808,056,000 2.1%
School Administration $816 $1,382,117,000 3.6%
Operation $1,589 $2,691,467,000 7.0%
Transportation $709 $1,201,390,000 3.1%
Other $722 $1,223,280,000 3.2%
Total Support $6,076 $10,289,004,000 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,887 $9,968,592,000 25.8%
Total Expenditures $22,782 $38,577,489,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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