Carbondale’s public schools score below 79% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Carbondale’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 79% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Carbondale’s schools are like
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Carbondale’s schools beat 21% of districts. Among the 777 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 6%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
Less money per student than most
Carbondale spends 20% less per student than the state average, and each teacher has about 12 students, compared with 13 statewide. Test scores ↓
Carbondale runs its own schools through grade 12, then shares
Carbondale runs its own schools through grade 12. Fell sends its kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Carbondale compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Carbondale.
Carbondale Area JSHS
Grades 7–12 · 736 students · 10:1 students per teacher
Carbondale Area JSHS
Grades 7–12 · 736 students · 10:1 students per teacher
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Carbondale
3 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Carbondale families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Carbondale
There’s no college in Carbondale, but 11 are within 30 miles. The closest is Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton in Dunmore, 10.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Carbondale. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 1 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.