The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in Science. The lowest is 35% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Robert Morris #27
Robert Morris #27 is an elementary school serving kindergarten through fourth grade in Scranton, a mid-sized former coal and manufacturing city in northeastern Pennsylvania. The school sits in a neighborhood with substantial urban density and historic character, anchored by dense residential blocks and a compact downtown, and is located on Boulevard Avenue in the central part of the city.
The school is entirely composed of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of its neighborhood and the city more broadly. The student body is racially and ethnically mixed, with roughly equal proportions of white and Hispanic students, along with smaller shares of Black students, students of two or more races, and Asian students. Data on English learner enrollment and the count of students receiving special education services was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations.
On Pennsylvania's 2024-25 assessment, Robert Morris #27 showed uneven performance across subjects. In English language arts, roughly a third of students tested at or above proficiency. In math, the result was slightly lower, with proficiency somewhat below that threshold. The most recent science data available, from 2022-23, showed a notably stronger result, with roughly two-thirds of students at or above proficiency. These outcomes place the school above the midpoint of proficiency performance among districts in Lackawanna County when all tested subjects and grades are averaged together. For a parent weighing the school, the gap between math and ELA results on one hand and science on the other is real and worth understanding; asking the school how it approaches math instruction and what support structures are in place for early-reading skills would be reasonable.
No state graduation rate applies to this school, as it serves only early elementary grades. No data on chronic absenteeism or school climate were available.
The district context matters here. Scranton School District exited Pennsylvania's financial recovery status in early 2023 after more than a decade under that designation, becoming only the second district statewide ever to do so. That recovery period involved school closures, grade-level reorganization, and tax increases. Since then, the district has received significant new state funding tied to Pennsylvania's school-adequacy formula, which allowed it to restore pre-K, expand kindergarten support, and bring back middle school electives including music and art. The district has also paused plans to close additional elementary schools, citing a sharp rise in special education enrollment. For families enrolling young children now, this means the school's wider district is in a period of programmatic expansion and relative stability after years of contraction, though classroom space is being absorbed by growing preschool and special education needs.
Scranton itself is a walkable downtown city with historic neighborhoods, civic anchors including Nay Aug Park and the Albright Memorial Library, and an economy anchored by health care, education, and government employment. Downtown has seen adaptive reuse of historic buildings into rental apartments, and housing in the immediate area is relatively affordable compared to state and national benchmarks, with both homeownership and renting accessible to families on moderate incomes.
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