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Name of school Wyoming Valley West Middle School

Grades offered 6-8

Number and types of 1 Principal, 2 Assistant Principals

administrators

Number of school counselors 3

Number of teachers 80

Number and types of support

specialists

Organizational hierarchy of
district school supervision (For
example, is there a director of
pupil services? Is there a lead
counselor? Who evaluates your
counseling work?)
The hierarchy starts at the top with the Superintendent, then goes to
the Director of Secondary Education, and finally the Building
Administrator (Principal). There is no director of pupil services or
lead counselor. The Head Principal evaluates counseling work.

# %
Enrollment
Total number of students 1122
Gifted 5.17
English language learner 0.45

Special education 21.12

Economically disadvantaged 63.64

Breakdown of students by
ethnic background
American Indian/Alaskan Native (not Hispanic) 0.18
Asian (not Hispanic) 1.16
Black or African American (not Hispanic) 8.82
Hispanic (any race) 6.42
Multi-Racial (not Hispanic) 5.44
White (not Hispanic) 77.99
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (not Hispanic) 0

Attendance rate (Disaggregate 93.16

by ethnicity, if possible.)
Dropout rate
Graduation rate (high school
only)
Academic Performance
Percentage of students
attending 4-year colleges (high
school only)
Average SAT scores (high
school only)
Standardized test scores
(Use statewide assessments,
PSSAs, and keystones.)
Sources used to create the
school data profile
Narrative overview of the
school (e.g., location, areas of
strength and need, special
programming, and information
about parent participation and
programs)
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mathematics/Algebra I - Percent Proficient or Advanced on PSSA
22.43
ELA/Literature- Percent Proficient or Advanced on PSSA 54.69
Science/Biology - Percent Proficient or Advanced on PSSA 51.38
Pennsylvania School Performance Profile- Pennsylvania
Department of Education, Retrieved from:
http://paschoolperformance.org/Profile/5929
Wyoming Valley West Middle School is a public middle school in
Kingston, Pennsylvania, a suburban area of Northeastern
Pennsylvania. It houses over 1100 students in grades 6, 7, and 8.
The school qualifies for Title I and provides both special education
services and well as gifted educations services. The school has
recently shown improvement in closing the achievement gap in ELA
and Math PSSA tests.
In order to encourage parent participation, the school participates in
the PA PROSPER Program. PROSPER teaches skills and attitudes
that foster improved family life and parent-child communication and
provides students with skills for planning, problem-solving, and peer
pressure behaviors. The school currently implements the
Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth for all 5th
and 6th grade families and All Stars for all 7th grade students.
The school has many strong academic extracurricular programs and
has award winners annually in History Day, Pennsylvania Junior
Academy of Science, and PA Math Counts. There is generally good
parent participation and parents are actively involved in academic,
athletic and extracurricular programs. The school has a good
relationship with the community and frequently participates in
community fundraising and awareness events.
Some areas in which the school experiences need include
technology and school security. The school lacks up to date
technology, and most students do not regularly get to use
technology equipment. There is no resource officer present in the
building, despite the fact that several other district buildings have a
police officer present.