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Fogelsville School
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 77.6% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Fogelsville School
Fogelsville School's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fogelsville School this school | 480 | 32.9% | 78.8% |
| Parkway Manor School Allentown | 569 | 28.5% | 80.1% |
| Sugartown Elementary School Malvern | 449 | 30.3% | 61.4% |
| Nitrauer School Lancaster | 468 | 34.4% | 77.4% |
| Brooke Elementary School Royersford | 379 | 30.6% | 69.1% |
| Veterans Memorial Elementary School Breinigsville | 451 | 37.5% | 76.9% |
Where Fogelsville School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #128 of 1,396 | #6 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #117 of 1,511 no change | #7 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #186 of 1,511 ▼ 6 | #5 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #588 of 1,638 | #25 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,004 of 1,528 | #23 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #235 of 1,531 | #8 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #1,289 of 1,600 | #37 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #388 of 1,045 | #5 of 23 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 480 | 34.9 | 13.8:1 | 33% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 35.9 | 14.0:1 | 31% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 36.8 | 13.9:1 | 28% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 30% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 35.8 | 16.1:1 | 33% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 27% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 7% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 28 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (577 to 480); teachers down 3% (35.8 to 34.9).
About Fogelsville School
Fogelsville School serves students in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, as a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 480 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Parkland SD runs Fogelsville School along with 11 other schools, enrolling 9,975 students in total.
More than half of the students at Fogelsville School are White (54%). Next come 18% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
There are 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. On the income side, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County is 37 points.
Fogelsville School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Fogelsville School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.8% is 15.3 points above the 63.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Lehigh County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,079 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Lehigh County number 83, with about 56,984 students.
Fogelsville School's nearest public school is Fred J. Jaindl Elementary School (about 1.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Fogelsville School. Fogelsville School places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Fogelsville School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (480) to 2024-25 (480).
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