Colonel John Siegfried El Sch

Colonel John Siegfried El Sch is a sizable elementary campus in Northampton, Pennsylvania, run under Northampton Area SD. The school educates 808 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 82% above the state mean of about 443.

Northampton Area SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 5,113 students. Colonel John Siegfried El Sch is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Colonel John Siegfried El Sch logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at Colonel John Siegfried El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Colonel John Siegfried El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.9%; this one delivers 59.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Northampton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $89,184 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Colonel John Siegfried El Sch is one of 60 public schools in Northampton County (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northampton Area HS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Colonel John Siegfried El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Colonel John Siegfried El Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Colonel John Siegfried El Sch has declined 5%, going from 854 students in 2018 to 808 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 83% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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