Wilkes-Barre Area School District Homes for Sale
The Wilkes-Barre Area School District is the second-largest in Luzerne County, with about 8,200 students across the City of Wilkes-Barre, Plains Township, Wilkes-Barre Township, Bear Creek Township, Bear Creek Village, Laflin, Laurel Run and Buck Township, roughly 123 square miles from the river to the Pocono edge. The listings below are every active MLS listing tagged with the Wilkes-Barre district. The district on each listing comes from the MLS listing data; confirm school assignment with the district before you buy.
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About the Wilkes-Barre Area School District
The district was reshaped in 2021 when Wilkes-Barre Area High School opened on Wolfpack Way in Plains Township, consolidating the old Coughlin, G.A.R. Memorial and Meyers high schools into one campus for grades 9 to 12 with about 2,600 students. The former G.A.R. building became G.A.R. Middle School, joined by Solomon/Plains Middle School, and five K-5 elementary schools serve the neighborhoods: Daniel J. Flood, Dodson, Dr. David W. Kistler and Heights/Murray in the city and Solomon/Plains in Plains. The district also runs a STEM Academy, a Creative and Performing Arts Academy, a Business Academy and a cyber academy. District offices are at 730 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711; the website is wbasd.k12.pa.us.
Where you can live
- Wilkes-Barre: the county seat, with pre-war neighborhoods from the North End to South Wilkes-Barre and the most affordable prices in the district.
- Plains Township: suburban neighborhoods around the new high school and Geisinger Wyoming Valley, minutes from Interstate 81.
- Wilkes-Barre Township: the retail corridor along Route 309 and Mohegan Arena, with newer homes on the hill above it.
- Bear Creek Township, Bear Creek Village, Laflin, Laurel Run and Buck Township: wooded, rural and lakeside settings east of the city toward the Poconos, with larger lots and newer construction.
Kingston, Forty Fort and the other West Side boroughs across the river are in the Wyoming Valley West School District, and Hanover Township is in the Hanover Area School District.
See all Luzerne County school districts, or contact Button Real Estate at (570) 715-7700.