Enrollment
222
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHLEHEM AREA SD·NCES 420357003436
Calypso Elementary School
1021 Calypso Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18018 · (610) 691-0152 · Lehigh County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL222 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
122 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
62%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
53.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 51.3% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Calypso Elementary School
Calypso Elementary School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calypso Elementary School this school | 222 | 55.0% | 59.2% |
| Barkley Elementary School Phoenixville | 281 | 58.7% | 57.0% |
| James Buchanan Elementary School Bethlehem | 253 | 67.2% | 38.9% |
| Wilson Borough Elementary School Easton | 285 | 64.6% | 61.4% |
| Vida CS Gettysburg | 251 | 54.6% | 42.8% |
| Avona Elementary School Easton | 205 | 63.9% | 64.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Calypso Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #618 of 1,396 | #20 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #555 of 1,511 ▲ 169 | #19 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #636 of 1,511 ▲ 189 | #23 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 222 | #1,481 of 1,638 | #47 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #753 of 1,528 | #14 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #270 of 1,531 | #11 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #908 of 1,600 | #25 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #713 of 1,045 | #11 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
222
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 222 | 17.1 | 13.0:1 | 55% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 18.3 | 11.3:1 | 59% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 18.6 | 12.0:1 | 64% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 17 | 12.8:1 | 62% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 19.9 | 12.2:1 | 64% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 220 | 20 | 11.0:1 | 60% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 47% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 33% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 16 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calypso Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (243 to 222); teachers down 14% (19.9 to 17.1).
About Calypso Elementary School
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is home to Calypso Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school counted 222 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 50% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Calypso Elementary School is a school in Bethlehem Area SD. The district has 22 schools and 12,717 students.
The biggest share of students at Calypso Elementary School, 44%, is White. Other reported shares: 41% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 62% White among all Lehigh County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
The school's 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Income data for the school show 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Lehigh County report 70%.
Calypso Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 55% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Calypso Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (59.2%) and its predicted rate (54.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lehigh County show that median household income comes to about $80,079, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 83, with about 56,984 students.
Measured in a straight line, Nitschmann Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Calypso Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Calypso Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Calypso Elementary School is City: Small.
Federal data show 217 students in 2020-21 and 222 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to Calypso Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 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
- Nitschmann Middle School0.6 mi · 731
- William Penn Elementary School1.1 mi · 242
- Broughal Middle School1.1 mi · 520
- Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts1.3 mi · 550
- Fountain Hill Elementary School1.4 mi · 530
- James Buchanan Elementary School1.5 mi · 253
Frequently asked questions
About Calypso Elementary SchoolHow large is Calypso Elementary School?
Calypso Elementary School enrolls approximately 222 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Calypso Elementary School serve?
Calypso Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Calypso Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Calypso Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Calypso Elementary School?
At Calypso Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 41% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Calypso Elementary School in?
Calypso Elementary School is part of Bethlehem Area SD.
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