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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST PENN SD·NCES 420855002804
Macungie Elementary School
4062 Brookside Rd, Macungie, PA 18062 · (610) 965-1617 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
180 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
65.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 65.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.7% | 61.9% |
% 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
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Macungie Elementary School
Macungie Elementary School's state test result (68.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macungie Elementary School this school | 529 | 34.0% | 68.6% |
| Cornwall Elementary School Cornwall | 541 | 37.3% | 66.9% |
| Owatin Creek Elementary School Reading | 539 | 35.4% | 67.3% |
| Kelly Elementary School Lewisburg | 550 | 31.6% | 69.6% |
| Wescosville Elementary School Wescosville | 465 | 33.5% | 68.5% |
| Centerville Elementary School Lancaster | 544 | 31.3% | 68.2% |
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 Macungie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #333 of 1,396 | #14 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #388 of 1,511 ▲ 59 | #15 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #300 of 1,511 ▼ 12 | #14 of 45 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #448 of 1,638 | #18 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,151 of 1,528 | #32 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #536 of 1,531 | #24 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #1,270 of 1,600 | #34 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #406 of 450 | #21 of 23 |
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
529
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 529 | 36.8 | 14.4:1 | 34% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 36.6 | 14.1:1 | 35% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 36.5 | 14.0:1 | 29% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 25% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 28% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 25% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 692 | 35 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Macungie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (523 to 529); teachers up 19% (31 to 36.8).
About Macungie Elementary School
Macungie Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in East Penn SD, located in Macungie, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 529 students, in kindergarten through 5.
East Penn SD counts 10 schools and 7,815 students, including Macungie Elementary School.
Roughly 68% of students at Macungie Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Macungie Elementary School employs 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Macungie Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 34%. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Lehigh County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Macungie Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Macungie Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 68.6% actual against 63.0% predicted.
Among Lehigh County residents, the median household income is $80,079, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Macungie Elementary School, Lehigh County has 82 other public schools.
The closest public school to Macungie Elementary School is Shoemaker Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Macungie Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Macungie Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES assigns Macungie Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 529 students in 2024-25, 29 more than the 500 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.6:1 to 14.4:1.
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Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Penn SD
- Emmaus High SchoolHigh · 2,842 students
- Lower Macungie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- Eyer Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
- Willow Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Shoemaker Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Wescosville Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Other schools in Macungie
- Lower Macungie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- Eyer Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
- Willow Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Shoemaker Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
Nearby schools
- Shoemaker Elementary School0.1 mi · 537
- Eyer Middle School0.1 mi · 804
- Willow Lane Elementary School1.9 mi · 593
- Emmaus High School2.4 mi · 2,842
- Jefferson Elementary School2.9 mi · 268
- Lower Macungie Middle School3.0 mi · 1,041
Frequently asked questions
About Macungie Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Macungie Elementary School?
Macungie Elementary School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Macungie Elementary School serve?
Macungie Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Macungie Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Macungie Elementary School.
How diverse is Macungie Elementary School?
Macungie Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Macungie Elementary School in?
Macungie Elementary School is part of East Penn SD.
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