Miller Heights El Sch

Miller Heights El Sch is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Bethlehem Area SD, with 328 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 22 schools in Bethlehem Area SD (12,717 students total), Miller Heights El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Miller Heights El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Miller Heights El Sch lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Northampton County's rate of about 61%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Miller Heights El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 62.0%.

Around the school, Northampton County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,184, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Miller Heights El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Governor Wolf El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Miller Heights El Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

Miller Heights El Sch operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Miller Heights El Sch's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 328). White enrollment moved from 67% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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