Hazleton El/ms

Hazleton El/MS serves 890 students in grades 3 through 8 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, with a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1 and 58 full-time equivalent teachers. Located at 700 North Wyoming Street, this public middle school operates in Luzerne County with significant room for academic growth. The school faces academic challenges, with 27% of students demonstrating proficiency in ELA/Reading and 7% achieving proficiency in Math across all grade levels.

These performance levels place Hazleton El/MS at #2778 out of 2852 Pennsylvania schools, ranking in the 3rd percentile statewide with a MySchoolScout rating of 2.0 out of 10. The school serves a community where the median household income is $40,346 and the median home value stands at $123,500. With 25.2% of residents living below the poverty line and only 11% holding bachelor's degrees or higher, the surrounding ZIP code of 18201 faces notable socioeconomic challenges that often impact educational outcomes.

Despite these academic hurdles, the school maintains a reasonable class size environment that could support more individualized attention as the community works toward educational improvement. Hazleton El/MS sits within a small suburban setting that serves over 31,000 residents in the greater Hazleton area.

While current test scores at Hazleton El/ms are below average, the school shows strong growth metrics — meaning students are making above-average progress year over year. This upward trajectory can be a positive indicator for families who value a school's ability to help students improve, even if absolute scores haven't caught up yet.