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Enrollment
883
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANGOR AREA SD·NCES 420300003434
Bangor Area High School
187 Five Points Richmond Rd, Bangor, PA 18013 · (610) 599-7011 · Northampton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Pennsylvania public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
447 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 210 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 213 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 213 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 247 | 28% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bangor Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 51.4% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Bangor Area High School
Bangor Area High School's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Area High School this school | 883 | 50.6% | 61.2% |
| Hamburg Area High School Hamburg | 674 | 50.3% | 43.8% |
| Lehighton Area High School Lehighton | 630 | 51.7% | 60.5% |
| Garden Spot SHS New Holland | 865 | 48.2% | 62.5% |
| North Schuylkill JSHS Ashland | 1,003 | 56.9% | 37.1% |
| Somerset Area Jr-Sr High School Somerset | 1,054 | 51.9% | 59.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Bangor Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #153 of 576 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #187 of 626 ▼ 34 | #4 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #114 of 626 ▼ 3 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #215 of 713 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #433 of 601 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #284 of 604 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #345 of 619 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #195 of 373 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
883
-43 (-5%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 883 | 57.7 | 15.3:1 | 51% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 903 | 59.7 | 15.1:1 | 50% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 887 | 60.7 | 14.6:1 | 35% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 926 | 60 | 15.4:1 | 35% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 975 | 57.4 | 17.0:1 | 30% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 1,014 | 60 | 16.9:1 | 37% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 1,120 | 77 | 14.6:1 | 35% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 1,064 | 55 | 19.4:1 | 12% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 39 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bangor Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (975 to 883); teachers up 1% (57.4 to 57.7).
About Bangor Area High School
Bangor Area High School is a medium-sized high school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Bangor. The school reports 883 students in grades 9 through 12.
Bangor Area SD has 5 schools and 2,672 students, and Bangor Area High School is one of those schools.
White students make up 82% of enrollment at Bangor Area High School. Other students are 10% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 57.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.3:1. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 15.3:1 here. Around 51% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 61% average for public schools in Northampton County is 10 points.
Bangor Area High School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.9%. Bangor Area High School scores 61.2%.
Northampton County has these Census figures: the median household income is $89,184, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Northampton County has 60 public schools and roughly 38,316 students.
DeFranco Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Bangor Area High School, there are 5 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bangor Area High School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Bangor Area High School's enrollment declined from 926 in 2020-21 to 883 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Bangor Area SD
- Five Points Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Bangor Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- DeFranco Elementary SchoolMiddle · 413 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Bangor
- Five Points Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Bangor Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- DeFranco Elementary SchoolMiddle · 413 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Nearby schools
- DeFranco Elementary School0.3 mi · 413
- Five Points Elementary School0.5 mi · 580
- Bangor Area Middle School0.7 mi · 421
- Washington Elementary School4.2 mi · 375
- Knowlton Township Board of Education4.5 mi · 174
- Pen Argyl Area High School5.9 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About Bangor Area High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bangor Area High School?
Bangor Area High School enrolls approximately 883 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bangor Area High School serve?
Bangor Area High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bangor Area High School have?
Bangor Area High School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Bangor Area High School?
Bangor Area High School reports a student body of 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Bangor Area High School?
Bangor Area High School is overseen by Bangor Area SD in Northampton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.