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Enrollment
520
Middle
DISTRICT 733 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHLEHEM AREA SD·NCES 420357003464
Broughal Middle School
114 West Morton Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015 · (610) 866-5041 · Northampton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
444 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 173 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 35% |
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
17.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
6.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.5% | 5.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Broughal Middle School
Broughal Middle School's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broughal Middle School this school | 520 | 85.4% | 14.2% |
| Jackson Middle School Lancaster | 524 | 84.5% | 15.8% |
| Harrison-Morton Middle School Allentown | 704 | 94.7% | 12.6% |
| Reynolds Middle School Lancaster | 511 | 87.5% | 28.8% |
| Lincoln Middle School Lancaster | 465 | 94.4% | 24.3% |
| John B Stetson Middle School Philadelphia | 560 | 99.1% | 7.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Broughal Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #465 of 479 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #486 of 513 ▲ 3 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #488 of 513 ▼ 1 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #289 of 522 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #98 of 486 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #213 of 486 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.4% | #159 of 510 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #75 of 131 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
520
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 520 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 85% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 47 | 10.6:1 | 90% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 46.7 | 10.7:1 | 88% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 48 | 11.0:1 | 86% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 49.8 | 9.8:1 | 93% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 46 | 11.9:1 | 91% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 88% (541) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 53 | 12.2:1 | 80% (514) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 47 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Broughal Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (489 to 520); teachers down 10% (49.8 to 45).
About Broughal Middle School
Broughal Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Pennsylvania, located in Bethlehem. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 520 students.
Bethlehem Area SD enrolls 12,717 students, and its 22 schools include Broughal Middle School.
The largest group at Broughal Middle School is Hispanic students, at 74%. The remaining students are 12% White and 12% Black. Among people living in Northampton County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. The diversity index for Broughal Middle School is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 45 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. Income data for the school show 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 61% for public schools in Northampton County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Broughal Middle School is -26.8 points, in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.2%, and the predicted rate is 41.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Northampton County show that the median household earns about $89,184 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Northampton County has 60 public schools with about 38,316 students, including Broughal Middle School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.5%; Broughal Middle School's is 14.2%, ranking 9th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Broughal Middle School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 530 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 520.
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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
Related schools
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 Charter High School for the Arts0.5 mi · 550
- Calypso Elementary School1.1 mi · 222
- Fountain Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 530
- Donegan Elementary School1.1 mi · 467
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School1.2 mi · 238
- William Penn Elementary School1.4 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About Broughal Middle SchoolHow many students attend Broughal Middle School?
Broughal Middle School enrolls approximately 520 students in grades 06-08.
Is Broughal Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Broughal Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Broughal Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Broughal Middle School is approximately 11.6:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Broughal Middle School?
Student demographics at Broughal Middle School are roughly 12% White, 74% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Broughal Middle School in?
Broughal Middle School is part of Bethlehem Area SD.
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