Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHLEHEM AREA SD·NCES 420357005063
Asa Packer Elementary School
1650 Kenwood Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18017 · (610) 865-0660 · Northampton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
106 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 51.6% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Asa Packer Elementary School
Asa Packer Elementary School's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asa Packer Elementary School this school | 314 | 33.8% | 58.0% |
| Neff School Lancaster | 283 | 34.3% | 69.4% |
| Alburtis Elementary School Alburtis | 360 | 36.7% | 71.4% |
| Indian Rock Elementary School York | 314 | 37.3% | 72.9% |
| Richland Elementary School Quakertown | 327 | 39.8% | 51.7% |
| Eagleville Elementary School Eagleville | 401 | 35.4% | 64.8% |
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 Asa Packer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #651 of 1,396 | #19 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #444 of 1,511 ▲ 262 | #10 of 34 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #734 of 1,511 ▲ 81 | #19 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,198 of 1,638 | #26 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #353 of 1,528 | #12 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #510 of 1,531 | #18 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #1,274 of 1,600 | #31 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #769 of 1,045 | #21 of 25 |
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
314
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 314 | 26.8 | 11.7:1 | 34% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 26.8 | 12.2:1 | 32% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 26.5 | 12.8:1 | 30% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 27% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 23.6 | 14.3:1 | 28% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 22% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 12% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 6% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 24 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Asa Packer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (338 to 314); teachers up 14% (23.6 to 26.8).
About Asa Packer Elementary School
Asa Packer Elementary School is an elementary school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, reachable at (610) 865-0660. Enrollment totals 314 students across kindergarten through 5. The school is 29% below the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Bethlehem Area SD, which runs Asa Packer Elementary School, has 22 schools and 12,717 students.
About 66% of the student body at Asa Packer Elementary School is White. Enrollment also includes 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. Among people living in Northampton County, the White share is about 74%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Asa Packer Elementary School scores 52%.
Asa Packer Elementary School reports a ratio of 11.7 students per teacher, from 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Asa Packer Elementary School, 34% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 61% average for public schools in Northampton County is 27 points higher.
The model predicts 63.1% for a school in Pennsylvania with Asa Packer Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Asa Packer Elementary School posts 58.0%.
In Northampton County, home to about 318,580 people, median household income comes to about $89,184, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 60 public schools in the county, enrolling about 38,316, Asa Packer Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Asa Packer Elementary School is Lehigh Valley Academy Regional CS, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 44.8% on proficiency, and Asa Packer Elementary School is above that at 58.0%.
The NCES locale for Asa Packer Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.6:1 to 11.7:1.
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Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Bethlehem Area SD
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 2,541 students
- Freedom High SchoolHigh · 1,792 students
- East Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Nitschmann Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 715 students
- Spring Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
Other schools in Bethlehem
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 2,541 students
- Lehigh Valley Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,878 students
- Freedom High SchoolHigh · 1,792 students
- East Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Nitschmann Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 715 students
Nearby schools
- Lehigh Valley Academy Regional CS0.5 mi · 1,878
- Hanover Elementary School0.9 mi · 205
- James Buchanan Elementary School1.3 mi · 253
- Clearview Elementary School1.4 mi · 384
- Sonia Sotomayor Dual Lang Immersion Academy2.0 mi · 112
- Nitschmann Middle School2.2 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About Asa Packer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Asa Packer Elementary School?
Asa Packer Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Asa Packer Elementary School serve?
Asa Packer Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Asa Packer Elementary School have?
Asa Packer Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Asa Packer Elementary School?
At Asa Packer Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian.
Who oversees Asa Packer Elementary School?
Asa Packer Elementary School is overseen by Bethlehem Area SD in Northampton County.
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