Nitschmann MS

As a medium-sized junior high in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Nitschmann MS instructs 731 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Bethlehem Area SD. That puts it 23% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Bethlehem Area SD comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 12,717 students; Nitschmann MS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nitschmann MS logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Lehigh County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nitschmann MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.7%; this one delivers 42.5%.

In the broader community, Lehigh County reports that median household income runs about $80,079, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Lehigh County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), of which Nitschmann MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Calypso El Sch, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nitschmann MS at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Nitschmann MS operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Nitschmann MS's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 808 (now 731). Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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