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Which teacher or staff member at George Wolf El Sch deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHAMPTON AREA SD·NCES 421737005062
George Wolf Elementary School
300 Allen Street, Bath, PA 18014 · (610) 837-1833 · Northampton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
239 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Based on grade levels within Northampton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.4pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 53.1% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Wolf Elementary School
George Wolf Elementary School's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Wolf Elementary School this school | 428 | 55.8% | 54.2% |
| Highland Elementary School Ephrata | 438 | 54.8% | 67.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Gettysburg | 393 | 55.2% | 46.6% |
| Plainfield Elementary School Nazareth | 434 | 53.0% | 58.5% |
| Providence Elementary School New Providence | 386 | 53.4% | 51.3% |
| Conewago Twp Elementary School Hanover | 475 | 57.1% | 63.9% |
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 Wolf Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #756 of 1,396 | #22 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #774 of 1,511 ▼ 106 | #21 of 34 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #964 of 1,511 ▼ 114 | #23 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #762 of 1,638 | #17 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #242 of 1,528 | #6 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #821 of 1,531 | #28 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.8% | #895 of 1,600 | #20 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #370 of 1,045 | #10 of 25 |
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
428
-44 (-9%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 880
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 428 | 38.1 | 11.2:1 | 56% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 38.2 | 11.4:1 | 55% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 37.1 | 12.1:1 | 50% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 46% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 38.4 | 13.5:1 | 43% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 43% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 32% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 793 | 47 | 16.9:1 | 13% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 880 | 47 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George Wolf Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (519 to 428); teachers down 1% (38.4 to 38.1).
About George Wolf Elementary School
George Wolf Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bath, Pennsylvania. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 428 students enrolled.
Northampton Area SD, which runs George Wolf Elementary School, has 6 schools and 5,113 students.
White students are 78% of those enrolled at George Wolf Elementary School. Next come 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Northampton County, where about 74% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. The school has 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.2:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal data show 56% of students (239) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, George Wolf Elementary School outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with George Wolf Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 53.7%. George Wolf Elementary School scores 54.2%, within a point of that line.
In Northampton County, home to about 318,580 people, the median household earns about $89,184 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Northampton County number 60, with about 38,316 students.
Of the public schools around it, George Wolf Elementary School is closest to Lower Nazareth Elementary School, about 3.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 57.4% on proficiency, and George Wolf Elementary School is below that at 54.2%.
George Wolf Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased by 9% across 4 years, from 472 in 2020-21 to 428 in 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 12.4:1 to 11.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northampton Area SD
- Northampton Area High SchoolHigh · 1,866 students
- Northampton Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,175 students
- Colonel John Siegfried Elementary SchoolElementary · 808 students
- Lehigh Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Lower Nazareth Elementary School3.0 mi · 615
- Hanover Elementary School3.8 mi · 205
- Moore Elementary School4.4 mi · 362
- East Hills Middle School4.7 mi · 966
- Asa Packer Elementary School4.7 mi · 314
- Shafer Elementary School4.8 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About George Wolf Elementary SchoolHow many students attend George Wolf Elementary School?
George Wolf Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
Is George Wolf Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
George Wolf Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does George Wolf Elementary School have?
George Wolf Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at George Wolf Elementary School?
Student demographics at George Wolf Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is George Wolf Elementary School in?
George Wolf Elementary School is part of Northampton Area SD.
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