Moore El Sch

Set in Bath, Pennsylvania, Moore El Sch is a low-enrollment elementary school, operated by Northampton Area SD. It works with 362 students across grades K through 5.

Northampton Area SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 5,113 students; Moore El Sch is among them.

Demographically, Moore El Sch logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Moore El Sch has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Moore El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Northampton County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Moore El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Northampton County shows median household income runs about $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), Moore El Sch is one campus in the mix.

George Wolf El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moore El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 24%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 12% across the same window.

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