Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHLEHEM AREA SD·NCES 420357003453
Clearview Elementary School
2121 Abington Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18018 · (610) 868-5994 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
275 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
61%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
35.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
38.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 39.3% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Clearview Elementary School
Clearview Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearview Elementary School this school | 384 | 71.6% | 43.1% |
| Union Canal Elementary School Lebanon | 386 | 66.3% | 41.4% |
| Governor Wolf Elementary School Bethlehem | 432 | 62.7% | 43.0% |
| James Buchanan Elementary School Bethlehem | 253 | 67.2% | 38.9% |
| Lyndwood Elementary School Hanover Township | 268 | 77.2% | N/A |
| William Penn Elementary School Bethlehem | 242 | 78.9% | 34.8% |
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 Clearview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,015 of 1,396 | #28 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #1,020 of 1,511 ▼ 41 | #27 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,115 of 1,511 ▼ 36 | #29 of 45 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #938 of 1,638 | #40 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #627 of 1,528 | #7 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #297 of 1,531 | #14 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #729 of 1,600 | #23 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #199 of 450 | #10 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
384
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 384 | 30.5 | 12.6:1 | 72% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 30.9 | 12.5:1 | 71% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 27.7 | 13.8:1 | 63% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 26 | 14.6:1 | 60% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 26.9 | 13.1:1 | 66% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 64% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 51% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 37% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clearview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (353 to 384); teachers up 13% (26.9 to 30.5).
About Clearview Elementary School
Clearview Elementary School serves students in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 384 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Bethlehem Area SD enrolls 12,717 students in 22 schools, including Clearview Elementary School.
At Clearview Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 51% of the student body. It is also 35% White and 12% Black. For comparison, the population of Lehigh County is roughly 28% Hispanic. Clearview Elementary School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 30.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.6:1. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 72%. That tracks the 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County.
On BeatsExpectations, Clearview Elementary School is 3.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Federal survey data for Lehigh County show that the median household income is $80,079, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Lehigh County is home to 83 public schools and about 56,984 public school students.
The closest public school, James Buchanan Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles from Clearview Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Clearview Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Clearview Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 384, close to the 380 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.6 to 12.6 over 4 years.
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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
Other Clearview Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Clearview Elementary. Clearview Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Clearview Elementary SchoolBrogue, PA · 300 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolHanover, PA · 230 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolLaGrange, GA · 676 students
- Clearview ElementaryHerndon, VA · 580 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 404 students
Nearby schools
- James Buchanan Elementary School0.6 mi · 253
- Sonia Sotomayor Dual Lang Immersion Academy0.7 mi · 112
- Nitschmann Middle School1.3 mi · 731
- Lincoln Leadership Academy CS1.3 mi · 973
- Ritter Elementary School1.4 mi · 463
- Asa Packer Elementary School1.4 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Clearview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clearview Elementary School?
Clearview Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Clearview Elementary School serve?
Clearview Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Clearview Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Clearview Elementary School.
How diverse is Clearview Elementary School?
Clearview Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 51% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Clearview Elementary School?
Clearview Elementary School is overseen by Bethlehem Area SD in Lehigh County.
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