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Five Points El Sch
About Five Points El Sch
Five Points El Sch operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Bangor, Pennsylvania, operated by Bangor Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 580 students spanning grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 31% above typical.
Bangor Area SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,672 students. Five Points El Sch is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Five Points El Sch reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Northampton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, Five Points El Sch shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Northampton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $89,184 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Five Points El Sch is one of 60 public schools in Northampton County (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students).
Nearest neighbor: Bangor Area MS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Five Points El Sch.
The school occupies an outlying site.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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