James Buchanan El Sch

James Buchanan El Sch, a close-knit K-5 school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, part of Bethlehem Area SD, works with 253 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 43% leaner than typical.

James Buchanan El Sch is one of 22 schools operated by Bethlehem Area SD, a district that serves 12,717 students overall.

On demographics, James Buchanan El Sch reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 37% White, 11% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), James Buchanan El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of -9.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lehigh County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,079 per year, 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 James Buchanan El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clearview El Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James Buchanan El Sch at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. James Buchanan El Sch's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 290 (now 253). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 50% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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