Clarence M Gockley Elementary School

Located in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, Clarence M Gockley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 574 students, from kindergarten through 1. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 30% bigger than that.

Whitehall-Coplay SD serves 4,170 students across 5 schools.

Hispanic students form the largest group at Clarence M Gockley Elementary School, 42% of enrollment. Other groups include 37% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Lehigh County residents are about 28% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Clarence M Gockley Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.

Federal data list 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Clarence M Gockley Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.1:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 98%. On average, public schools in Lehigh County report 70%.

Within Lehigh County, median household income is about $80,079, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Lehigh County number 83 and enroll about 56,984.

Of nearby public schools, George D Steckel Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal counts put enrollment at 558 in 2020-21 and 574 in 2024-25, a 3% gain. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.1:1) than in 2020-21 (15.1:1).

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.