Lehighton Area HS

Lehighton Area HS is a high school of average-sized scale in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, part of Lehighton Area SD, serveing 630 students in grades 9 through 12.

Lehighton Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 2,113 students; Lehighton Area HS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lehighton Area HS logs that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lehighton Area HS has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Carbon County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lehighton Area HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 60.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Carbon County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,554 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Lehighton Area HS is one of 18 public schools in Carbon County (combined enrollment of about 8,111 students).

Lehighton Area Elementary Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lehighton Area HS at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Lehighton Area HS's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 705 (now 630). White enrollment moved from 91% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

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