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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAZARETH AREA SD·NCES 421638006717
Lower Nazareth Elementary School
4422 Newburg Rd, Nazareth, PA 18064 · (610) 759-7311 · Northampton County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
142 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lower Nazareth Elementary School→Nazareth Area Intermediate School→Nazareth Area Middle School→Nazareth Area High School
Based on grade levels within Nazareth Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
80.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
79.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.6% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 74.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lower Nazareth Elementary School
Lower Nazareth Elementary School's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Nazareth Elementary School this school | 615 | 23.1% | 79.7% |
| Simmons Elementary School Horsham | 610 | 17.7% | 66.8% |
| Greystone Elementary School West Chester | 511 | 25.2% | 67.3% |
| Reidenbaugh Elementary School Lititz | 488 | 21.5% | 79.8% |
| Manoa Elementary School Havertown | 706 | 23.4% | 79.3% |
| Lionville Elementary School Downingtown | 668 | 18.0% | 82.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lower Nazareth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #117 of 1,396 | #1 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #110 of 1,511 ▲ 47 | #2 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #59 of 1,511 ▲ 205 | #1 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #238 of 1,638 | #3 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,169 of 1,528 | #33 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #624 of 1,531 | #22 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #1,405 of 1,600 | #34 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +80.9% | #6 of 450 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
615
+259 (+73%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 615 | 42.5 | 14.5:1 | 23% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 41.6 | 14.6:1 | 23% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 39.5 | 15.7:1 | 21% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 21% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 26.6 | 12.8:1 | 19% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 12% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 5% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 27 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lower Nazareth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 81% (340 to 615); teachers up 60% (26.6 to 42.5).
About Lower Nazareth Elementary School
Lower Nazareth Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Its 615 students are spread across kindergarten through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
A total of 6 schools make up Nazareth Area SD, with 4,884 students enrolled.
White students account for 72% of enrollment at Lower Nazareth Elementary School. Smaller groups are 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. For comparison, Northampton County is about 74% White. Lower Nazareth Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lower Nazareth Elementary School and a ratio of 14.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 23% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Northampton County averages 61%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Lower Nazareth Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.7% for Lower Nazareth Elementary School. The school posts 79.7%, 11.9 points above the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Northampton County show that median household income is about $89,184, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 60 public schools operate in Northampton County, serving about 38,316 students.
The school nearest to Lower Nazareth Elementary School is Freedom High School, at a distance of about 2.9 miles. Within five miles of Lower Nazareth Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.5%; Lower Nazareth Elementary School's is 79.7%, ranking 1st of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 356 students at Lower Nazareth Elementary School; in 2024-25, 615. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.5:1) than in 2020-21 (13.2:1).
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lower Nazareth Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nazareth Area SD
- Nazareth Area High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Nazareth Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Nazareth Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Kenneth N Butz Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Shafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
Other schools in Nazareth
- Nazareth Area High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Nazareth Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Nazareth Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Kenneth N Butz Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Shafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
- Plainfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom High School2.9 mi · 1,792
- Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School2.9 mi · 18
- East Hills Middle School2.9 mi · 966
- Shafer Elementary School3.0 mi · 559
- George Wolf Elementary School3.0 mi · 428
- Nazareth Area High School3.2 mi · 1,607
Frequently asked questions
About Lower Nazareth Elementary SchoolHow large is Lower Nazareth Elementary School?
Lower Nazareth Elementary School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Lower Nazareth Elementary School serve?
Lower Nazareth Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lower Nazareth Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lower Nazareth Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lower Nazareth Elementary School?
Lower Nazareth Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lower Nazareth Elementary School public or private?
Lower Nazareth Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nazareth Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.