Easton Area MS

Easton Area MS is a middle-grades school of well-populated scale in Easton, Pennsylvania, overseen by Easton Area SD, caters to 1,879 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Easton Area MS sits 216% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in Easton Area SD (7,928 students total), Easton Area MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Easton Area MS logs that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Northampton County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 141 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Easton Area MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Northampton County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Easton Area MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 31.8%.

In the broader community, Northampton County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,184, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Easton Area MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Shawnee El Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Easton Area MS at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Easton Area MS's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 2,093 (now 1,879). White enrollment moved from 47% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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