Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST PENN SD·NCES 420855002799
Alburtis Elementary School
222 West Third Street, Alburtis, PA 18011 · (610) 965-1633 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
132 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.9% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.8% | 63.0% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alburtis Elementary School
Alburtis Elementary School's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alburtis Elementary School this school | 360 | 36.7% | 71.4% |
| Asa Packer Elementary School Bethlehem | 314 | 33.8% | 58.0% |
| Indian Rock Elementary School York | 314 | 37.3% | 72.9% |
| Hallowell Elementary School Horsham | 438 | 37.0% | 56.8% |
| Highland Elementary School Camp Hill | 375 | 41.9% | 60.9% |
| Richland Elementary School Quakertown | 327 | 39.8% | 51.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alburtis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #265 of 1,396 | #12 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #421 of 1,511 ▼ 19 | #16 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #137 of 1,511 ▲ 61 | #2 of 45 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #1,021 of 1,638 | #43 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #770 of 1,528 | #15 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #460 of 1,531 | #21 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #1,223 of 1,600 | #32 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #279 of 450 | #15 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
360
+36 (+11%) vs 2020
+101% since 1990-91, when it was 179
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 360 | 27.6 | 13.1:1 | 37% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 27.3 | 13.3:1 | 36% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 27.4 | 12.7:1 | 33% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 28% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 21.2 | 16.1:1 | 34% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 35% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 17% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 110 | 5 | 22.0:1 | 5% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 179 | 9 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alburtis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (340 to 360); teachers up 30% (21.2 to 27.6).
About Alburtis Elementary School
Alburtis Elementary School is a small elementary school in Alburtis, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 18011). The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 360 students.
East Penn SD runs 10 schools with a combined 7,815 students. Alburtis Elementary School is one of them.
More than half of the students at Alburtis Elementary School are White (64%). The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. That is in line with Lehigh County, where about 62% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
A staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. By family income, 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Alburtis Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Alburtis Elementary School is 9.5 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 71.4% actual, 61.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
The school is in Lehigh County, where median household income comes to about $80,079, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lehigh County's 83 public schools enroll about 56,984 students and include Alburtis Elementary School.
Alburtis Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Willow Lane Elementary School, about 2.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Alburtis Elementary School at 5th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 324 to 360, an 11% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.1:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Penn SD
- Emmaus High SchoolHigh · 2,842 students
- Lower Macungie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- Eyer Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
- Willow Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Shoemaker Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Macungie Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Willow Lane Elementary School2.7 mi · 593
- Fred J. Jaindl Elementary School3.0 mi · 433
- Shoemaker Elementary School3.3 mi · 537
- Eyer Middle School3.4 mi · 804
- Macungie Elementary School3.4 mi · 529
- Lower Macungie Middle School3.4 mi · 1,041
Frequently asked questions
About Alburtis Elementary SchoolHow large is Alburtis Elementary School?
Alburtis Elementary School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades KG-05.
Is Alburtis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alburtis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Alburtis Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Alburtis Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alburtis Elementary School?
At Alburtis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Alburtis Elementary School in?
Alburtis Elementary School is part of East Penn SD.
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