Lehighton Area Elementary Center

Located at 3 Indian Ln, in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, Lehighton Area Elementary Center is a substantial primary school that educates 1,005 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Lehighton Area SD. That puts it 127% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 3 schools in Lehighton Area SD (2,113 students total), Lehighton Area Elementary Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lehighton Area Elementary Center logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Carbon County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lehighton Area Elementary Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 46.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Carbon County indicate median household income runs about $67,554, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Lehighton Area Elementary Center is one of 18 public schools in Carbon County (combined enrollment of about 8,111 students).

The closest other public school is Lehighton Area HS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lehighton Area Elementary Center at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

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