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About Jenkins
Township in Pennsylvania, USJenkins Township is a township in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,282 at the 2020 census.
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Safety in Jenkins
Not graded
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Jenkins's police department reported only 2023, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Health in Jenkins
Compared with Pennsylvania
No difference on any of 5 measures is outside the margin of error.
What stands out
Nothing stands out: Jenkins tracks Pennsylvania closely.
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Schools in Jenkins
All Jenkins schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Jenkins’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within PA. Ratings are from neighbors.
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