Calypso El Sch

Calypso El Sch operates as a cozy K-5 school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, run under Bethlehem Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 222 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 50% below typical.

Calypso El Sch is one of 22 schools operated by Bethlehem Area SD, a district that enrolls 12,717 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Calypso El Sch shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Lehigh County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Calypso El Sch shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lehigh County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Calypso El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Lehigh County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,079 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lehigh County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), of which Calypso El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Nitschmann MS, roughly 0.6 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), Calypso El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.3%.

Calypso El Sch operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 243 students in 2018 compared to 222 in 2025.

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