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If you had an hour of school board time for Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
752
Middle
DISTRICT 764 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAZARETH AREA SD·NCES 421638007111
Nazareth Area Intermediate School
355 Tatamy Rd, Nazareth, PA 18064 · (484) 292-1111 · Northampton County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL752 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
222 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 385 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 367 | 49% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Nazareth Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.6% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 54.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 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 Nazareth Area Intermediate School
Nazareth Area Intermediate School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nazareth Area Intermediate School this school | 752 | 29.5% | 61.0% |
| Nazareth Area Middle School Nazareth | 775 | 27.6% | 59.0% |
| Eyer Middle School Macungie | 804 | 26.5% | 62.6% |
| Palmyra Area Middle School Palmyra | 820 | 30.2% | 64.5% |
| Pennwood Middle School Yardley | 740 | 30.9% | 55.7% |
| Moon Area Upper Middle School Moon Township | 621 | 27.4% | 63.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Nazareth Area Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #92 of 479 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #71 of 513 ▲ 4 | #1 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #111 of 513 ▲ 11 | #2 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 752 | #144 of 522 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #357 of 486 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #219 of 486 | #7 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #411 of 510 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.9% | #23 of 332 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
752
-300 (-29%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 1,056
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 752 | 52.7 | 14.3:1 | 30% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 54.6 | 13.8:1 | 29% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | 54.2 | 13.8:1 | 28% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 1,052 | 69 | 15.3:1 | 22% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 1,105 | 67.2 | 16.4:1 | 19% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 1,033 | 69 | 15.0:1 | 16% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 1,056 | 66 | 16.0:1 | 14% (153) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nazareth Area Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (1,105 to 752); teachers down 22% (67.2 to 52.7).
About Nazareth Area Intermediate School
Nazareth Area Intermediate School is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. It had 752 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 6. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have about 594 students on average; enrollment here is 27% higher.
Federal data list 6 schools in Nazareth Area SD, with 4,884 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at Nazareth Area Intermediate School is White: 75%. Next come 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. In Northampton County overall, the White share is about 74%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 52.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 30% of the student body. It compares with 61% for public schools in Northampton County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Nazareth Area Intermediate School is 65.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.0%.
In the surrounding county, Northampton County, the median household earns about $89,184 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Northampton County has 60 public schools with about 38,316 students, including Nazareth Area Intermediate School.
Measured in a straight line, Nazareth Area Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Nazareth Area Intermediate School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Nazareth Area Intermediate School is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 1,052 students in 2020-21 to 752 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Nazareth Area Intermediate School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Nazareth Area SD
- Nazareth Area High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Nazareth Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Lower Nazareth Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Kenneth N Butz Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Shafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
Other schools in Nazareth
- Nazareth Area High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Nazareth Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Lower Nazareth Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Kenneth N Butz Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Shafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
- Plainfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Nazareth Area Middle School0.0 mi · 775
- Nazareth Area High School0.6 mi · 1,607
- Shafer Elementary School0.7 mi · 559
- Tracy Elementary School2.5 mi · 410
- Career Institute of Technology3.3 mi · 13
- Lower Nazareth Elementary School3.3 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Nazareth Area Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Nazareth Area Intermediate School?
Nazareth Area Intermediate School enrolls approximately 752 students in grades 05-06.
Is Nazareth Area Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nazareth Area Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nazareth Area Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nazareth Area Intermediate School is approximately 14.3:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nazareth Area Intermediate School?
At Nazareth Area Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Nazareth Area Intermediate School public or private?
Nazareth Area Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nazareth Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.