Wilkes-Barre Academy
under 1 mi ✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades K-8 176 students 18 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Private elementary schools in Wilkes Barre, PA
16 in Wilkes Barre or within 6 miles. 3 are on the state’s OSTC list. Private schools that teach any grade from kindergarten through 5, going by the grade span each school gave the federal survey.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades K-11 29 students 5 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
✓ Pennsylvania Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Grades PreK-8 138 students 10.6 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Cheder Menachem
under 1 mi Grades PreK-8 274 students 5.2 students per teacher Jewish Co-ed
St. Nicholas-St. Mary's School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-8 231 students 11 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades K-12 60 students 8.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Early childhood Co-ed
Grades 1-7 66 students 9.4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Grades PreK-12 694 students 7.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 95% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-6 57 students 5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-6 55 students 6.2 students per teacher Islamic Co-ed
Grades PreK-Transitional K Nonsectarian Early childhood Co-ed
Grades 1-12 192 students 5.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 14% to 4-year college
New Story School
4 mi Grades K-12 64 students 6.4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-K Methodist Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-2 Under 10 K-12 students Nonsectarian Co-ed
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What Pennsylvania pays
Pennsylvania EITC and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credits Tax-credit scholarship
Set by each scholarship organization. Opportunity Scholarships go up to $8,500, or $15,000 for a student with a disability EITC has no statewide maximum, and no scholarship may exceed tuition and fees. Students at schools in the economically disadvantaged schools supplement can get up to $2,000 more ($4,000 in secondary school). The state’s September 2026 OSTC guidelines restate the $8,500 and $15,000 maximums. EdChoice reports average awards of $2,613 (EITC) and $2,699 (OSTC) in 2022-23.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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