Middle Schools in East Stroudsburg Area School District

The East Stroudsburg Area School District in Pennsylvania is home to two middle schools: J.T. Lambert Intermediate School and Lehman Intermediate School. Both schools serve students in grades 5-8 and have similar academic performance, with neither school standing out as a clear top performer in the district.

Academically, the middle schools in the East Stroudsburg Area School District face some challenges. Both schools perform below the state average in math proficiency, with J.T. Lambert Intermediate scoring around 19-23% proficient and Lehman Intermediate scoring around 14-19% proficient across grade levels. In English Language Arts (ELA), the schools perform slightly better, with J.T. Lambert Intermediate scoring around 38-50% proficient and Lehman Intermediate scoring around 43-47% proficient. However, the schools' science proficiency scores are relatively stronger, with both schools scoring around 48-49% proficient.

Other key metrics show similarities between the two middle schools. Both schools have a dropout rate of 1.6% for the 2022-2023 school year, which is slightly higher than the state average. Additionally, the schools have high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients, with J.T. Lambert Intermediate at 61.15% and Lehman Intermediate at 58.87%. The difference in spending per student between the two schools, with Lehman Intermediate spending $22,940 per student and J.T. Lambert Intermediate spending $20,362 per student, does not appear to translate into significantly better academic performance at Lehman Intermediate.