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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITEHALL-COPLAY SD·NCES 422625006841
George D Steckel Elementary School
2928 Zephyr Blvd, Whitehall, PA 18052 · (610) 435-1521 · Lehigh County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
554 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 292 | 52% |
| Grade 3 | 269 | 48% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
George D Steckel Elementary School→Zephyr Elementary School→Whitehall-Coplay Middle School→Whitehall High School
Based on grade levels within Whitehall-Coplay SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 49.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
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 George D Steckel Elementary School
George D Steckel Elementary School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George D Steckel Elementary School this school | 561 | 98.8% | 48.7% |
| Clarence M Gockley Elementary School Whitehall | 574 | 97.7% | N/A |
| Francis H Sheckler Elementary School Catasauqua | 589 | 96.9% | 36.9% |
| Zephyr Elementary School Whitehall | 598 | 98.3% | 53.1% |
| Mifflin Park Elementary School Shillington | 503 | 96.6% | 47.5% |
| Mahanoy Area Elementary School Mahanoy City | 589 | 99.3% | 24.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 George D Steckel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #901 of 1,396 | #26 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #675 of 1,511 ▲ 94 | #23 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #944 of 1,511 ▲ 41 | #27 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #349 of 1,638 | #14 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #694 of 1,528 | #10 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #201 of 1,531 | #4 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #408 of 1,600 | #12 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #856 of 1,045 | #18 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
561
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
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 | 561 | 43.9 | 12.8:1 | 99% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 43.8 | 12.6:1 | 100% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 100% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 49% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 39.7 | 14.8:1 | 57% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 57% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 40% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 857 | 48 | 17.9:1 | 22% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 42 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George D Steckel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (589 to 561); teachers up 11% (39.7 to 43.9).
About George D Steckel Elementary School
The public elementary school George D Steckel Elementary School is located in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 561 students covers grades 2 through 3. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Whitehall-Coplay SD counts 4,170 students in its 5 schools, and George D Steckel Elementary School is one of them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at George D Steckel Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 41%. Smaller groups are 40% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Lehigh County is roughly 28% Hispanic. George D Steckel Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
George D Steckel Elementary School employs 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 99% in 2024-25. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County is 29 points.
The allk12 Grade for George D Steckel Elementary School is B. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 55% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, George D Steckel Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 48.7% actual against 35.3% predicted.
Lehigh County has about 378,792 residents, and the median household income is $80,079, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Lehigh County has 83 public schools and roughly 56,984 students.
Clarence M Gockley Elementary School is the public school closest to George D Steckel Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. George D Steckel Elementary School's average proficiency of 48.7% compares with 42.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put George D Steckel Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 561, close to the 559 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.0 to 12.8 over 4 years.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitehall-Coplay SD
- Whitehall High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Whitehall-Coplay Middle SchoolMiddle · 975 students
- Zephyr Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Clarence M Gockley Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Other schools in Whitehall
- Whitehall High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Whitehall-Coplay Middle SchoolMiddle · 975 students
- Zephyr Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Clarence M Gockley Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Clarence M Gockley Elementary School0.1 mi · 574
- Whitehall-Coplay Middle School0.1 mi · 975
- Zephyr Elementary School0.2 mi · 598
- Whitehall High School0.3 mi · 1,462
- Innovative Arts Academy CS1.6 mi · 477
- Catasauqua Middle School2.0 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About George D Steckel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at George D Steckel Elementary School?
George D Steckel Elementary School enrolls approximately 561 students in grades 02-03.
What age range does George D Steckel Elementary School serve?
George D Steckel Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at George D Steckel Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at George D Steckel Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at George D Steckel Elementary School?
At George D Steckel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 41% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees George D Steckel Elementary School?
George D Steckel Elementary School is overseen by Whitehall-Coplay SD in Lehigh County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.