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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at East Hills MS this year?
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Enrollment
966
Middle
DISTRICT 733 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHLEHEM AREA SD·NCES 420357004956
East Hills Middle School
2005 Chester Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18017 · (610) 867-0541 · Northampton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL966 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
509 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 295 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 302 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 369 | 38% |
Student demographics
62%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
43.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
26.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 21.5% |
% 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 East Hills Middle School
East Hills Middle School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hills Middle School this school | 966 | 52.7% | 36.2% |
| Nitschmann Middle School Bethlehem | 731 | 48.8% | 42.5% |
| Wilson Southern Middle School Sinking Spring | 753 | 45.9% | 43.6% |
| Gerald G Huesken Middle School Lancaster | 851 | 55.3% | 46.0% |
| Stroudsburg Middle School Stroudsburg | 1,015 | 48.2% | 49.2% |
| Wilson Area Intermediate School Easton | 643 | 56.9% | 45.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 East Hills Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #377 of 479 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #367 of 513 ▲ 43 | #9 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #358 of 513 ▼ 3 | #9 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 966 | #57 of 522 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #273 of 486 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #69 of 486 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #237 of 510 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #221 of 332 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
966
-72 (-7%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 966 | 72.9 | 13.3:1 | 53% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 1,017 | 75.9 | 13.4:1 | 50% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 1,047 | 77.4 | 13.5:1 | 47% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 1,038 | 74 | 14.0:1 | 45% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 1,047 | 76.8 | 13.6:1 | 42% (442) |
| 2015-16 | 1,068 | 76 | 14.1:1 | 41% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 1,105 | 77 | 14.3:1 | 29% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 1,183 | 69 | 17.1:1 | 20% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 51 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Hills Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,047 to 966); teachers down 5% (76.8 to 72.9).
About East Hills Middle School
East Hills Middle School is the name of a large middle school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It reports enrollment of 966 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 594.
Federal data list 22 schools in Bethlehem Area SD, with 12,717 students enrolled.
The student body at East Hills Middle School is 52% White. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 4% Asian. Northampton County's residents are about 74% White, 22 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 72.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.2:1. At East Hills Middle School, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 61% for public schools in Northampton County.
East Hills Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
East Hills Middle School is a bottom-10% school in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.2% against a predicted 55.0%.
In the wider Northampton County area, the median household earns about $89,184 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. East Hills Middle School shares Northampton County with 59 other public schools.
East Hills Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Freedom High School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around East Hills Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. East Hills Middle School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 36.2% against a local average of 45.3%.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 966 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,038.
This page is set up for the East Hills Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Nitschmann Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 715 students
- Spring Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Fountain Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 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
- Nitschmann Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 715 students
- Southern Lehigh Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 702 students
Other East Hills Middle schools
One other US public school is named East Hills Middle. East Hills Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLGREENWOOD, AR · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom High School0.2 mi · 1,792
- Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School0.5 mi · 18
- Governor Wolf Elementary School0.8 mi · 432
- Miller Heights Elementary School1.4 mi · 328
- Spring Garden Elementary School1.4 mi · 532
- Lincoln Elementary School1.8 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About East Hills Middle SchoolHow large is East Hills Middle School?
East Hills Middle School enrolls approximately 966 students in grades 06-08.
Is East Hills Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
East Hills Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does East Hills Middle School have?
East Hills Middle School employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at East Hills Middle School?
At East Hills Middle School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees East Hills Middle School?
East Hills Middle School is overseen by Bethlehem Area SD in Northampton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.