Lower Macungie MS

As a substantial middle-grades school in Macungie, Pennsylvania, Lower Macungie MS educates 1,041 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by East Penn SD. That puts it 75% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

East Penn SD runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 7,815 students. Lower Macungie MS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Lower Macungie MS shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Lehigh County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lower Macungie MS has 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Lower Macungie MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lehigh County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lower Macungie MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.1%; this one delivers 56.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lehigh County put median household earnings sit near $80,079, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Lower Macungie MS is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

Nearest neighbor: Willow Lane El Sch, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lower Macungie MS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 72.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lower Macungie MS has edged down 9%, going from 1,141 students in 2018 to 1,041 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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