📍 2850 State Route 903, Albrightsville, Carbon County, 18210
Penn-Kidder Campus is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Albrightsville, Carbon County. The school has 571 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jim Thorpe Area SD school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Penn-Kidder Campus enrolls 571 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 380 | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 47 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 7.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
356 of the school's 571 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 320 qualify for free lunch and 36 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Penn-Kidder Campus is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA-70, state senate district 14, state house district 122.
Penn-Kidder Campus is one of 3 schools in Jim Thorpe Area SD, based in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The district serves 1,683 students district-wide and employs 140 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 571 students, Penn-Kidder Campus is close to the district average of about 561 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant