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Schools in West Abington Township

West Abington Township’s public schools

Lackawanna Trail School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for West Abington Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
57%
2021–22
Math proficiency
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.4K
▲ 3% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.5
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
932 students on the public path
In brief

West Abington Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of West Abington Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Lackawanna Trail El Ctr places highest (better than 63%); Lackawanna Trail JSHS lowest (33%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in West Abington Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–6Lackawanna Trail El Ctrin FactoryvilleB
7–12Lackawanna Trail JSHSin FactoryvilleC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lackawanna Trail School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Lackawanna Trail School DistrictGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 932 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 11.5 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$22,445PA $21,758 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading57%
State average 55.1% · 482 students tested
Math39%
State average 36.1% · 460 students tested

West Abington Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share West Abington Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
West Abington Township—Lackawanna Trail
DaltonB+Lackawanna Trail
La Plume—Lackawanna Trail
GlenburnAAbington Heights
NewtonAAbington Heights

2 of the 4 neighbors share Lackawanna Trail with West Abington Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in West Abington Township

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving West Abington Townshipin other towns
Lackawanna Trail El Ctr
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Factoryville
B
505 students13:1Rate it →
Lackawanna Trail JSHS
High · Grades 7–12 · Factoryville
C
427 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about West Abington Township’s schools

Are West Abington Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for West Abington Township. Lackawanna Trail School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for West Abington Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is West Abington Township in?

Lackawanna Trail School District.

Where do West Abington Township kids go to high school?

Lackawanna Trail JSHS.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.