Summary:
The 18237 zip code is home to a single school, McAdoo-Kelayres El/Middle School, which serves grades K-8 and is part of the Hazleton Area School District. This school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Pennsylvania elementary schools over the past 3 years, indicating significant and persistent underperformance compared to state standards.
McAdoo-Kelayres El/Middle School faces several key challenges, including a 100% free/reduced lunch rate, suggesting a very high-poverty student population, and dramatically low proficiency rates on state assessments, with gaps of 30 percentage points or more in Math and English Language Arts across grade levels compared to state averages. With relatively low per-student spending of $9,980 in 2022-2023, the school appears to be operating with limited resources to support student learning.
The combination of low performance, high poverty, and resource constraints suggests this school may require targeted interventions and support to help improve student outcomes. Addressing the root causes of this school's challenges should be a priority for the district and community to ensure all students have access to a quality education.
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