Hanover El Sch

Located at 3890 Jacksonville Rd, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Hanover El Sch is a compact elementary campus that caters to 205 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Bethlehem Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Hanover El Sch sits 54% smaller than that benchmark.

Bethlehem Area SD runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 12,717 students. Hanover El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hanover El Sch logs that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Northampton County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Hanover El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Hanover El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Northampton County (around 61%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hanover El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Northampton County indicate median household income runs about $89,184, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Northampton County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), of which Hanover El Sch is one.

Asa Packer El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hanover El Sch. On composite proficiency, Hanover El Sch comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Hanover El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Hanover El Sch's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 244 (now 205). White enrollment moved from 70% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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