Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch

Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch, a mid-sized middle-grades school in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, run under Nazareth Area SD, caters to 752 students, covering grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch sits 27% larger than that benchmark.

Nazareth Area SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,884 students. Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch records that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Northampton County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at Nazareth Area Intermediate 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 below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.0%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of -3.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Northampton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,184 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch is one of 60 public schools in Northampton County (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students).

Nazareth Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 32%: 1,105 students in 2018 compared to 752 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.