The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in Science. The lowest is 43% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Wyoming Area Intermediate Ctr
Wyoming Area Intermediate Center serves fourth through sixth grade students in West Pittston, a small residential borough on the Susquehanna River in the Greater Pittston area. The school enrolls students almost exclusively from low-income households, with all students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Racially and ethnically, the enrollment is predominantly white, with smaller populations of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students.
On state testing, the school's academic profile is mixed. In English language arts, a majority of students tested at proficient or above. Mathematics proficiency is lower, falling below the midpoint. The school's performance on science testing, reported from an earlier school year, was considerably stronger. Comparing across tested subjects and grades, Wyoming Area Intermediate Center ranks in the top quartile among the county's school districts in overall proficiency, a strength that positions it ahead of most peers in the region.
The school sits within walking distance of most homes in West Pittston, a compact borough with pre-World War II architecture and a mixed white- and blue-collar workforce rooted in Irish, Italian, Polish, and German ancestry. Housing in the area is mostly older stock, with a median home value modest by state and national standards. The community suffered severe flooding from Tropical Storm Lee and continues to rebuild through adaptive reuse projects, including conversions of historic factory and school buildings into apartments. Population and employment in the borough have held steady rather than growing.
An important context for families: the Wyoming Area School District has raised property taxes nearly every year for over a decade, with recent successive hikes of substantial magnitude. Rising costs from cyber and charter school enrollment and declining assessed property values have driven the increases. A parent may want to examine the district's tax trajectory and its impact on family finances.
The school district recently approved a significant grade reconfiguration. Beginning with students entering middle school in coming years, sixth graders will move to the district's Secondary Center, joining seventh and eighth graders in a newly designated Wyoming Area Middle School. This means that fourth and fifth graders at the Intermediate Center will transition to a different building and peer group when they reach sixth grade, and the district is adding longer instructional blocks in literacy and math along with an advisory period focused on executive function and social-emotional learning.
Data on special education enrollment, English learners, chronic absenteeism, and discipline were not available from the school's reported information. The school's detailed staffing composition and course or program offerings beyond the core academic subjects were also not provided.
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