High Schools in West Side Career & Technology Center

Summary:

West Side Career & Technology Center is the only high school located in the West Side Career & Technology Center District in Kingston, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades 9-12 and has an enrollment of 380 students.

Based on the available data, West Side Career & Technology Center is performing significantly below average compared to other high schools in Pennsylvania. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Pennsylvania high schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its proficiency rates on the Keystone Exams are substantially lower than the state averages, particularly in Algebra I and Biology. Additionally, the school has an extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Despite the school's relatively small student-teacher ratio of 13.1, this does not seem to be translating into better academic outcomes for the students. The data suggests that addressing the challenges faced by West Side Career & Technology Center will likely require a comprehensive approach to improve the educational outcomes for the students at this school.

District Detail

75 Evans Street
Kingston, PA 18704-1856

(570) 288-8493

SchoolDigger Rank:
566^th of 606 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: 9-12
Students: 437

Primary Schools: 0
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2025)	Keystone Exams Biology (2025)	Keystone Exams Literature (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	Total
West Side Career & Technology Center	Public	9-12	75 Evans Street	Kingston	18704	Luzerne County	West Side Career & Technology Center	No	No	No	No	(570) 288-8493	437	30	14.5	111.2%	323 (73.9%)	44 (10.1%)	49 (11.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.3%)	6.7	616^th of 681 public high schools	9.5%		5.8	633^rd of 686 public high schools	7.7%	17	7.1	17.6	31.4

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wyoming Valley West School District	1.24 mi	6	493^rd
Wilkes-Barre Area School District	2.39 mi	9	434^th
Hanover Area School District	3.3 mi	5
Wyoming Area School District	3.84 mi	4
Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center	4.9 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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