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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHLEHEM AREA SD·NCES 420357006722
Donegan Elementary School
1210 East 4th St, Bethlehem, PA 18015 · (610) 866-0031 · Northampton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
432 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
37%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
20.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
18.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 11.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Donegan Elementary School
Donegan Elementary School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donegan Elementary School this school | 467 | 92.5% | 20.6% |
| King Elementary School Lancaster | 413 | 97.6% | 23.6% |
| Feltonville Intermediate School Philadelphia | 517 | 96.9% | 15.9% |
| Tyson-Schoener Elementary School Reading | 408 | 94.1% | 25.1% |
| Dodson Elementary School Wilkes Barre | 522 | 92.5% | 29.1% |
| Sheridan Elementary School Allentown | 591 | 97.1% | 19.2% |
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 Donegan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,286 of 1,396 | #34 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,301 of 1,511 ▲ 69 | #33 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,356 of 1,511 ▲ 21 | #33 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #632 of 1,638 | #13 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #147 of 1,528 | #3 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #818 of 1,531 | #27 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #621 of 1,600 | #10 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #695 of 1,045 | #18 of 25 |
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
467
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 467 | 44.1 | 10.6:1 | 93% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 44.1 | 10.4:1 | 94% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 44.6 | 10.1:1 | 90% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 92% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 39.5 | 13.0:1 | 96% (491) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 99% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 90% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 44 | 10.4:1 | 80% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donegan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (513 to 467); teachers up 12% (39.5 to 44.1).
About Donegan Elementary School
At 1210 East 4th St in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Donegan Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 467 students.
Enrollment across the 22 schools in Bethlehem Area SD totals 12,717 students.
Hispanic students are 78% of those enrolled at Donegan Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Black and 7% White. In Northampton County overall, about 16% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Donegan Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Donegan Elementary School comes to 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.6:1. The school's 10.6:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 32 points above the 61% average for public schools in Northampton County.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 37.9% for Donegan Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 20.6%. The 17.4-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census data for Northampton County show the median household earns about $89,184 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Northampton County number 60, with about 38,316 students.
The closest school to Donegan Elementary School is Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, located about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Donegan Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 20.6% versus a 30.8% average.
Federal data place Donegan Elementary School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 468 in 2020-21, 467 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.7:1 to 10.6:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Donegan Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 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
- Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts0.7 mi · 550
- Lehigh Valley Dual Language CS0.8 mi · 457
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School0.9 mi · 238
- Broughal Middle School1.1 mi · 520
- Northeast Middle School1.3 mi · 715
- Liberty High School1.4 mi · 2,541
Frequently asked questions
About Donegan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Donegan Elementary School?
Donegan Elementary School enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-05.
Is Donegan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Donegan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Donegan Elementary School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Donegan Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Donegan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Donegan Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 78% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Donegan Elementary School in?
Donegan Elementary School is part of Bethlehem Area SD.
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