Northampton Area MS

Northampton Area MS operates as a big junior high in Northampton, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Northampton Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 1,175 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 98% above typical.

Across the 6 schools in Northampton Area SD (5,113 students total), Northampton Area MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Northampton Area MS lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Northampton Area MS lists 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Northampton County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Northampton Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.4%, the actual is 40.4%, a residual of -16.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Northampton County put the typical household earns roughly $89,184 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Northampton Area MS is one campus in the mix.

Northampton Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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 Northampton Area MS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northampton Area MS has edged down 13%, going from 1,355 students in 2018 to 1,175 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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