Francis H Sheckler El Sch

Set in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, Francis H Sheckler El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, part of Catasauqua Area SD. It works with 589 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 33% above typical.

Catasauqua Area SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,533 students. Francis H Sheckler El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Francis H Sheckler El Sch reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% White, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Francis H Sheckler El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at Francis H Sheckler El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lehigh County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Francis H Sheckler El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 36.9%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lehigh County put median household earnings sit near $80,079, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Francis H Sheckler El Sch is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

Catasauqua MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Francis H Sheckler El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Francis H Sheckler El Sch's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 589). The White share of enrollment decreased from 53% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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