Bangor Area MS

Set in Bangor, Pennsylvania, Bangor Area MS is a modestly sized intermediate school, operated by Bangor Area SD. It teaches 421 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

Bangor Area SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,672 students. Bangor Area MS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Bangor Area MS records that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Northampton County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bangor Area MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 48.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Northampton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,184 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Bangor Area MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Five Points El Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bangor Area MS comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bangor Area MS has edged down 12%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 84% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.