Wilkes - Barre Area School District - Pennsylvania

Wilkes - Barre Area School District

730 S Main St
Wilkes Barre, PA-3623

About this district

Wilkes - Barre Area School District is a public school district in Pennsylvania. They serve 7,000 students across 12 schools, and its teachers have had 707 projects funded on �ǿմ�ý.

12

Schools
7,000

Students
454

Teachers

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Wilkes - Barre Area School District Demographics

95%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

53%

of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

Wilkes - Barre Area School District Funding Data from the

total spendper student

Wilkes - Barre Area School District had a total revenue of $123.5 million in the 2016-17 school year. 52.3% came from local sources, 40.5% from state sources, and 7.3% from federal sources.

Wilkes - Barre Area School District had a per-pupil revenue of $17,636 per pupil in the 2016-17 school year. 52.3% came from local sources, 40.5% from state sources, and 7.3% from federal sources.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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