Broughal MS

As a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Broughal MS educates 520 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Bethlehem Area SD.

Within Bethlehem Area SD, which oversees 22 schools and 12,717 students, Broughal MS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Broughal MS lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 12% White, 12% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Broughal MS has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Northampton County's rate of about 61%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Broughal MS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.0%; this one comes in at 14.2%, -26.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Northampton County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,184, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Broughal MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Broughal MS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Broughal MS's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 520). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 69% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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