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Jewish Day Schools in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
If you're researching Jewish day schools in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, this page is a starting point. We list 1 school that public records confirm is active. For a matched shortlist based on your grade, location, and community preferences, use our matching quiz.
Schools tagged with a distance are in nearby cities that families in Wilkes Barre also consider. Distances are approximate, measured from the middle of Wilkes Barre.
Nearby, nearest first: United Hebrew Institute (1 mi) · Milton Eisner Yeshiva High School (16 mi) · Bais Yaakov High School of Scranton (16 mi) · Beth Shalom Academy (16 mi) · Scranton Hebrew Day School (16 mi) · Bnos Yisroel Girls High School (16 mi).
3 elementary schools · 3 high schools · 1 other jewish schools
Schools in Wilkes Barre, by level
Scroll to the level that matches your child’s age. Within each level, schools are grouped by whether they serve boys, girls, or co-ed classes.
Elementary Schools (K–8) · 3 schools
Schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 — some K–5, some K–8, some starting at preschool and ending in 8th grade.
High Schools (9–12) · 3 schools
Schools serving grades 9 through 12, including yeshivas, mesivtas, Bais Yaakov high schools, and Modern Orthodox and community high schools.
Girls
Bais Yaakov High School of Scranton
About 16 mi away · Scranton
Grades: 9th - 12th·Girls
Public record
Boys and Girls (separate classes)
Bnos Yisroel Girls High School
About 16 mi away · Scranton
9-10·Boys and Girls (separate classes)
NCES 2023-24
Gender mix not specified
Other Jewish Schools · 1 school
Schools in our directory where we don't yet have a structured grade range on file.
What to consider when evaluating a Jewish day school
Choosing a Jewish day school involves more than convenience. Families typically weigh religious orientation, academic rigor, tuition affordability, and the specific grade range a school serves. Posted tuition is rarely what most families actually pay — almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and many families receive meaningful assistance through need-based aid, scholarship funds, state vouchers or education savings accounts, or staff tuition benefits if a parent works at the school. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family.
No schools match these filters.
About Jewish education in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's Jewish day schools are concentrated in the Philadelphia area (including Lower Merion, Elkins Park, and the Northeast) and in Pittsburgh, with additional schools in Allentown and Harrisburg. Pennsylvania's EITC tax-credit scholarship program can support tuition for qualifying families.
A year in Wilkes Barre
🌸 Spring Mar–May
57° / 36°
Jacket and layers
Dry
🎭 Purim🫓 Pesach🌾 Shavuos
☀️ Summer Jun–Aug
80° / 61°
Short sleeves, light clothes
Humid
🕯️ Tisha B'Av
🍂 Fall Sep–Nov
63° / 43°
Jacket and layers
Comfortable
🍎 Rosh Hashanah🕊️ Yom Kippur🌿 Sukkos
❄️ Winter Dec–Feb
37° / 22°
Winter coat
Dry
🕎 Chanukah🌳 Tu BiShvat
Holiday by holiday
- 🍎 Rosh Hashanah (September to early October): highs about 75°F, lows about 54°F, humidity about 77%.
- 🕊️ Yom Kippur (mid September to mid October): highs about 75°F, lows about 54°F, humidity about 77%.
- 🌿 Sukkos (late September to October): highs about 64°F, lows about 45°F, humidity about 80%.
- 🕎 Chanukah (late November to December): highs about 39°F, lows about 25°F, humidity about 89%.
- 🌳 Tu BiShvat (mid January to mid February): highs about 34°F, lows about 20°F, humidity about 88%.
- 🎭 Purim (late February to March): highs about 46°F, lows about 27°F, humidity about 83%.
- 🫓 Pesach (late March to April): highs about 58°F, lows about 36°F, humidity about 79%.
- 🌾 Shavuos (mid May to mid June): highs about 68°F, lows about 46°F, humidity about 78%.
- 🕯️ Tisha B'Av (mid July to mid August): highs about 83°F, lows about 64°F, humidity about 78%.
Monthly averages for the middle of Wilkes Barre, 2019–2023 (NASA POWER). Holiday dates move about a month from year to year.
Cost of living and learning near Wilkes Barre
Housing in the community area
🏠 Asking price
$242,462
$130 per sq ft
🔑 Rent
$954 /mo
🧾 Property tax
$4,199 /yr
💵 Household income
$48,886
How we measured this
ZIP areas: 18701, 18704, covering the areas around the congregations and schools. Asking price is the median of current listings across those ZIP areas (Realtor.com research data, September 2026); by ZIP: 18704 $226,175 · 18701 $258,750. Owner-estimated median home value, which lags the market: $182,800. Rent, property tax and income are Census ACS 2020–2024 medians.
Pennsylvania: taxes and help with tuition
💸 Income tax
State taxes income
Pennsylvania
🎓 State scholarship
Up to $15,000
Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program +1 more. Same income schedule as EITC ($112,348 plus $21,531 per dependent, per DCED's OSTC page — note this figure differs slightly from the EITC page's $19,775/dependent add-on….
🏛️ Federal credit
Undecided
Has not decided whether to opt in to the federal credit.
Program details checked 2026-08-16.
Homeschooling in Pennsylvania
Notice
File an affidavit with your district superintendent by August 1 each year.
Testing or review
A qualified evaluator reviews your child's portfolio each year, and testing is required in grades 3, 5 and 8.
Checked 2026-10-27 against Pennsylvania Home Education law guide. Rules change and can differ by district; confirm with your district before you start.
Jewish communities near Wilkes Barre
Congregations in and around Wilkes Barre, nearest first, measured from the middle of Wilkes Barre. Missing yours, or something looks wrong? Tell us.
See all synagogues and the Jewish community in Wilkes Barre →
Other cities in Pennsylvania with Jewish schools
Philadelphia (9) · Pittsburgh (9) · Wynnewood (6) · Scranton (5) · Bala Cynwyd (3) · Merion Station (3)
Common questions about Jewish day schools in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
What's the difference between a Jewish day school and a yeshiva?
Both teach a dual curriculum combining Judaic studies with general academic subjects, but "yeshiva" typically refers to schools in the yeshivish or Orthodox tradition with a heavier Torah-study focus. "Jewish day school" is the broader umbrella. See our guide to how Jewish schools differ.
Do we need to be religious to send our children?
No. Many Jewish day schools — particularly community and pluralistic schools, Conservative-movement schools, and Modern Orthodox schools that accept all affiliations — serve families across the full observance spectrum. Some schools require synagogue membership or minimum observance; most don't.
Is the posted tuition what we'll actually pay?
Usually not. Almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and the "collected average" tuition across the cohort is typically 30–40% below the posted rate. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family, and each school can tell you what it offers.
How do families afford Jewish day school tuition?
Public school is free; Jewish day schools copied its format and have to be paid for. Most schools set tuition family by family, through a committee that reviews tax returns and financial documents, so what a family pays depends on what the school judges it can afford. Schools generally do not publish how those amounts are calculated or what other families pay. Donations cover a large share of revenue, much of it from a small number of families, and working families in the middle tend to carry the most, since the cost multiplies with every child. Where staff children attend the school their parent works for, tuition is often part of the compensation package, and it is worth more with each child. Details vary by school. Our article How Yeshiva Day School Tuition Really Works shows the numbers.
How do we pick the right school for our family?
The practical fit factors are grade range, religious orientation (hashkafa), community character, distance from home, and what the tuition actually comes to after aid. Our matching quiz asks about each of these in about five minutes and produces a shortlist of schools that fit your family specifically.
Not sure which school fits?
Answer five questions about your child's grade, your location, and your community preferences — we'll show you the schools that match in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
Start the matching quiz →Related reading
- →Jewish School Tuition Assistance: Every Way to Pay LessState vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, Federation funds and school aid.
- →What Is a Jewish Day School?A plain-language guide for families new to Jewish education.
- →Types of Jewish SchoolsHow to tell the main types apart — Modern Orthodox, yeshivish, Chabad, pluralistic.
Data sourced from the federal NCES Private School Survey and IRS Form 990 filings where available. We do not publish street addresses, phone numbers, enrollment counts, or our internal classification data. Research methodology · Missing a school?