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Best High Schools in Zip Code 18634

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Top rankedGreater Nanticoke Area Senior High School506^th of 681 Pennsylvania high schools

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Summary:

The 18634 zip code is home to a single high school, Greater Nanticoke Area Senior High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Pennsylvania high schools, with a 1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance.

Greater Nanticoke Area Senior High School's Keystone Exam proficiency rates are significantly lower than the state averages across Algebra I, Biology, and Literature. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's Algebra I proficiency rate was 27.5% compared to the state average of 44.3%. The school's four-year graduation rate for 2023-2024 was 87.9%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate for the same year was 1.4%, which is relatively low.

The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 99.72% in 2023-2024, and a student-teacher ratio of 19:1, slightly higher than the state average. Despite the Greater Nanticoke Area School District spending $15,685 per student for 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average, the school's performance remains below state averages, suggesting a need for more effective allocation and utilization of resources to support student learning and improve academic outcomes.

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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 (2025)	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Greater Nanticoke Area Senior High School	Public	9-12	425 Kosciuszko St	Nanticoke	18634	Luzerne County	Greater Nanticoke Area School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 735-7781	698	39	17.9	103.3%	464 (66.5%)	54 (7.7%)	140 (20.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	34 (4.9%)	28.5	506^th of 681 public high schools	25.7%		26.3	525^th of 686 public high schools	23.5%	19	27.5	33.3	51.6	$16,962	$1,662	$15,299

Cities Near Zip Code 18634

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Nanticoke	0.78 mi	4	676^th
Hanover Township	3.07 mi	5	697^th
Mountain Top	3.91 mi	3	201^st
Plymouth	4.22 mi	1	673^rd
Wilkes Barre	5.71 mi	6	672^nd

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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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