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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 18640

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1,431

Students

Top rankedPittston City Intrmd Center888^th of 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools

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Summary:

The 18640 zip code area is home to two elementary schools: Pittston City Intrmd Center and Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Center, both serving students in the Pittston Area School District. Based on the available data, Pittston City Intrmd Center stands out as the stronger performing school, consistently exceeding district and state averages in PSSA Math and English Language Arts proficiency rates.

Pittston City Intrmd Center boasts impressive academic achievements, with 47.4% of its students proficient or better in PSSA Math in 2024-2025, compared to 30.8% for the district and 41.7% for the state. The school also outperformed the district and state in PSSA English Language Arts, with 41.4% of students proficient or better. Additionally, Pittston City Intrmd Center's 80.4% proficiency rate in PSSA Science in 2023-2024 was significantly higher than the district (71.9%) and state (65.8%) averages.

While Pittston City Intrmd Center serves a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, with a free/reduced lunch rate of 61.11% compared to 44.27% at Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Center, the school's academic performance remains strong. This suggests the school may have effective teaching practices and curriculum that could be worth further investigation. The higher spending per student at Pittston City Intrmd Center ($19,711 vs. $15,046) may also contribute to the school's better performance, though the relationship between funding and outcomes requires additional analysis.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)				PSSA English Language Arts (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	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Center	Public	PK, KG-2	210 Rock Street	Pittston	18640	Luzerne County	Pittston Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 654-2415	701	37	18.9	28.7%	454 (64.8%)	43 (6.1%)	149 (21.3%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (6.6%)								(n/a)									$15,748	$1,628	$14,121
Pittston City Intrmd Center	Public	3-5	110 New Street	Pittston	18640	Luzerne County	Pittston Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 654-2415	730	46	15.8	58.8%	513 (70.3%)	53 (7.3%)	120 (16.4%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.9%)	45.5	888^th of 1511 public elementary schools	41.2%		53.3	821^st of 1526 public elementary schools	46.2%	67	64.7	40.1	35.2	47.4	50.7	40.3	32.4	41.4	$15,465	$1,624	$13,841

Cities Near Zip Code 18640

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
West Pittston	0.55 mi	1	412^th
Exeter	0.95 mi	2	516^th
Pittston	1.07 mi	4	615^th
Wyoming	2.6 mi	1
Pittston Township	3.52 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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