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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Northwest El Sch administration to hear?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEBANON SD·NCES 421344006894
Northwest Elementary School
1315 Old Forge Road, Lebanon, PA 17046 · (717) 273-9391 · Lebanon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
105%
583 students
DISTRICT 130% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 136 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
34%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
Based on grade levels within Lebanon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
13.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
12.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.8% | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 14.6% | 9.7% |
% 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Northwest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lebanon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,323 of 1,396 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #1,379 of 1,511 ▲ 20 | #16 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,446 of 1,511 ▲ 19 | #16 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #363 of 1,638 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #624 of 1,528 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #909 of 1,531 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 105% | #122 of 1,600 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #429 of 1,045 | #4 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
557
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 557 | 44.2 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 42.5 | 13.7:1 | 100% (583) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 42.7 | 14.6:1 | 79% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 99% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 100% (658) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 100% (629) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 87% (536) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 33 | 22.0:1 | 59% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 45 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (658 to 557); teachers up 11% (40 to 44.2).
About Northwest Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. School enrollment was 557 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Lebanon SD has a total of 8 schools and 4,754 students, Northwest Elementary School among them.
At Northwest Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 80% of the student body. The school is also 15% White and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 15% Hispanic share among all Lebanon County residents. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1.
allk12 grades Northwest Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.7%. Northwest Elementary School scores 16.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lebanon County, the median household income is $78,425, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Northwest Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Lebanon Intermediate School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Northwest Elementary School. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Northwest Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Northwest Elementary School declined 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 579 to 557 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.1:1 in 2020-21, and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lebanon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
144,186
Census ACS
Median income
$78,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,804 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lebanon SD
- Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,393 students
- Lebanon Junior High SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Lebanon Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 380 students
Other schools in Lebanon
- Cedar Crest High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,393 students
- Cedar Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- Lebanon Junior High SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- South Lebanon Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Other Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. Northwest Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 29.
- Northwest Elementary SchoolReading, PA · 496 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolButler, PA · 404 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 758 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Lebanon Intermediate School0.7 mi · 380
- Harding Elementary School1.1 mi · 555
- Southwest Elementary School1.5 mi · 390
- Ebenezer Elementary School1.5 mi · 500
- Houck Elementary School1.6 mi · 348
- Lebanon SHS1.7 mi · 1,393
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Northwest Elementary School serve?
Northwest Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Northwest Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Northwest Elementary School.
How diverse is Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 80% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Northwest Elementary School public or private?
Northwest Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lebanon SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.