March El Sch

As a cozy elementary school in Easton, Pennsylvania, March El Sch works with 296 students from grades K through 5, operated by Easton Area SD. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 443.

Easton Area SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 7,928 students; March El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, March El Sch records that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 41% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting March El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Northampton County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), March El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.3%; actual is 52.6%, +17.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Northampton County shows median household earnings sit near $89,184, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), March El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Phillipsburg Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around March El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts March El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

March El Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at March El Sch has edged down 20%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 29% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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