DeFranco El Sch

DeFranco El Sch operates as an intimate junior high in Bangor, Pennsylvania, operated by Bangor Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 413 students spanning grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 594.

Bangor Area SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,672 students; DeFranco El Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DeFranco El Sch lists that White students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Northampton County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, DeFranco El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.6%; this one delivers 54.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Northampton County put median household income runs about $89,184, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Northampton County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), of which DeFranco El Sch is one.

Five Points El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DeFranco El Sch at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 45.9%.

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