Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTON AREA SD·NCES 420885003478
March Elementary School
429 Reeder St, Easton, PA 18042 · (610) 250-2531 · Northampton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
292 students
DISTRICT 101% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Based on grade levels within Easton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.8pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 48.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 March Elementary School
March Elementary School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| March Elementary School this school | 296 | 98.6% | 52.6% |
| Buchanan Elementary School Chambersburg | 251 | 95.2% | 43.8% |
| Richmond School Philadelphia | 351 | 96.3% | 33.6% |
| Charles Sumner #18 Scranton | 250 | 98.8% | 37.8% |
| Bridgeport Elementary School Bridgeport | 254 | 95.7% | 48.7% |
| Nottingham School Oxford | 429 | 99.8% | 51.6% |
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 March Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #805 of 1,396 | #23 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #929 of 1,511 ▼ 126 | #23 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #847 of 1,511 ▼ 245 | #21 of 34 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #1,260 of 1,638 | #27 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #257 of 1,528 | #7 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #228 of 1,531 | #5 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #419 of 1,600 | #9 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #297 of 1,045 | #7 of 25 |
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
296
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 296 | 26.3 | 11.3:1 | 99% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 26.2 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 27.9 | 9.6:1 | 100% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 24 | 12.0:1 | 99% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 27.9 | 13.2:1 | 94% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 53% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 56% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 22 | 12.1:1 | 36% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 30 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for March Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (369 to 296); teachers down 6% (27.9 to 26.3).
About March Elementary School
March Elementary School is an elementary school in Easton, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. In all, 296 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That is 33% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
March Elementary School is part of Easton Area SD, where 9 schools serve 7,928 students.
The student body at March Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 42%. Other groups make up 41% White, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. Northampton County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at March Elementary School comes to 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.3:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Northampton County average 61%.
March Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
In Pennsylvania, March Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.6% compared with a predicted 35.3%.
The county, Northampton County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $89,184 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Northampton County has 60 public schools with about 38,316 students, including March Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Phillipsburg Middle School, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.8%; March Elementary School's is 52.6%, ranking 3rd of 9.
NCES describes the area around March Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 289 in 2020-21, 296 in 2024-25.
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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 Easton Area SD
- Easton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Easton Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,879 students
- Paxinosa Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Cheston Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
- Palmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other schools in Easton
- Easton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Easton Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,879 students
- Wilson Area High SchoolHigh · 709 students
- Wilson Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Paxinosa Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Phillipsburg Middle School0.7 mi · 636
- Easton Arts Academy Elementary CS0.8 mi · 254
- Forks Elementary School1.0 mi · 336
- Shawnee Elementary School1.3 mi · 567
- Easton Area Middle School1.4 mi · 1,879
- Phillipsburg High School1.4 mi · 1,750
Frequently asked questions
About March Elementary SchoolHow many students attend March Elementary School?
March Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does March Elementary School serve?
March Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at March Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at March Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at March Elementary School?
Student demographics at March Elementary School are roughly 41% White, 42% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is March Elementary School in?
March Elementary School is part of Easton Area SD.
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