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G A R Memorial Junior Senior High School

Grant And Lehigh Streets, Wilkes-barre, PA, 18702-5799

Tel: (570)826-7165

Grades: 7-12 | 894 students

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS:

G A R Memorial Junior Senior High School serves 894 students in grades 7-12.
The school's student:teacher ratio of 13:1 is lower than the PA state average of 14:1.
The school's 84% graduation rate is lower than the PA state average of 88%.
Minority enrollment is 50% of the student body.
G A R Memorial Junior Senior High School is one of 4 public high schools within Wilkes-barre, and operates within the Wilkes-barre Area School District.

The nearest elementary school is Dodson Elementary School (0.6 miles away), the nearest middle school is Wyoming Valley West Middle School (1.9 miles away), and the nearest high school is James M Coughlin Junior Senior High School (0.9 miles away).

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Source: 2011 NCES data, PA Dept. of Educ.	G A R Memorial Junior Senior High School
Grades Offered	Grades 7-12
Total Students	894 students

% Male / % Female	52% / 48%
Total Classroom Teachers	69 teachers

Students by Grade

	This School	(PA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	13:1	14:1

	This School	(PA) School Average
% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	3%

% Hispanic	20%	8%

% Black	28%	16%

% White	50%	71%

Unknown	1%	2%


	This School	(PA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch	66%	33%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch	7%	6%

School Statewide Performance	View Education Department Test Scores
School District Name	Wilkes-barre Area School District
	This School's Agency	(PA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed	9	3
Number of Students Managed	6,708 students	1,682 students

District Total Revenue	$93,096,000	$20,984,000

District Expenditure	$89,587,000	$20,089,000

District Revenue / Student	$13,878	$12,476

District Expenditure / Student	$13,355	$11,944

District Graduation Rates	84%	88%

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G A R Memorial Junior Senior High School
Grades: 7-12 | 0 mi. away

Dodson Elementary School
Grades: KG-6 | 0.6 mi. away

Heights/murray Elementary School
Grades: KG-6 | 0.6 mi. away

James M Coughlin Junior Senior High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0.9 mi. away

Elmer L Meyers Junior Senior High School
Grades: 7-12 | 1.3 mi. away

Dr David W Kistler Elementary School
Grades: KG-6 | 1.4 mi. away

View all schools in: Wilkes-barre, Luzerne County, Zip 18702

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