Marvine El Sch

Set in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Marvine El Sch is an intimate elementary school, one of the schools within Bethlehem Area SD. It serves 265 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Marvine El Sch sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Bethlehem Area SD, which oversees 22 schools and 12,717 students, Marvine El Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marvine El Sch reports that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Marvine El Sch has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Marvine El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Marvine El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Northampton County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marvine El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 27.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Northampton County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,184, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Marvine El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Marvine El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marvine El Sch has ticked down 18%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Marvine El Sch typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.