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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 18640

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Top rankedPittston Area Middle School610^th of 873 Pennsylvania middle schools

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Summary:

The 18640 zip code is home to a single middle school, Pittston Area Middle School, which serves grades 5-8 and is part of the Pittston Area School District. The school has faced declining performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 481 out of 893 Pennsylvania middle schools in 2022-2023 to 610 out of 873 in 2024-2025, and a consistent 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Pittston Area Middle School lags behind state averages in both math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, with only 15.7% of students proficient in math and 36% proficient in ELA for the 2024-2025 school year, compared to statewide averages of 41.7% and 48.5%, respectively. The school's performance is also below the Pittston Area School District averages in both subjects. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 57.87% in 2023-2024.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $11,161 for the 2022-2023 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 17.2 for 2023-2024, these resources do not appear to be translating into better academic outcomes. This suggests a need to evaluate the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation and teaching practices to address the significant gaps in student performance compared to state and district averages.

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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/reduced lunch (2023-24)	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 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pittston Area Middle School	Public	6-8	120 New Street	Pittston	18640	Luzerne County	Pittston Area School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 654-2415	761	55	13.8	57.9%	543 (71.4%)	44 (5.8%)	132 (17.3%)	10 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (4.1%)	28.4	610^th of 873 public middle schools	30.1%		39.8	562^nd of 891 public middle schools	36.9%	48	18.2	19.6	9.3	15.7	35.9	37.2	34.7	36.0	$13,191	$503	$12,688

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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