Northwest El Sch

Northwest El Sch is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, operated by Lebanon SD, with 557 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 26% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Lebanon SD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,754 students. Northwest El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Northwest El Sch reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 105% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lebanon County (around 61%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Northwest El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 16.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lebanon County) shows that median household income runs about $78,425, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lebanon County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,804 students), of which Northwest El Sch is one.

Lebanon Intermediate Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northwest El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.6%.

Northwest El Sch operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 658 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 75% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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