Ironton Sch

Ironton Sch, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Coplay, Pennsylvania, overseen by Parkland SD, works with 417 students, covering grades K through 5.

Parkland SD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 9,975 students. Ironton Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Ironton Sch shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Ironton Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Lehigh County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ironton Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lehigh County) shows that 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%. In all, Lehigh County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), of which Ironton Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Parkland HS, around 2.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ironton Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ironton Sch at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 62.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ironton Sch's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 417). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 77% to 71%.

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