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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH SD·NCES 421785006449
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School
6493 Route 309, New Tripoli, PA 18066 · (610) 298-8661 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
13.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
113 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School→Northwestern Lehigh Middle School→Northwestern Lehigh High School
Based on grade levels within Northwestern Lehigh SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
57.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 49.8% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School this school | 396 | 28.5% | 53.9% |
| Stewartsville Elementary School North Huntingdon | 422 | 27.0% | 78.5% |
| College Square Elementary School Beaver | 400 | 28.5% | N/A |
| South Mountain Elementary School Dillsburg | 389 | 28.8% | 61.5% |
| Lyter Elementary School Montoursville | 382 | 31.9% | 83.5% |
| Pennell Elementary School Aston | 415 | 30.6% | 57.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #763 of 1,396 | #23 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #614 of 1,511 ▲ 149 | #21 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #878 of 1,511 ▲ 133 | #26 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #900 of 1,638 | #38 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #809 of 1,528 | #18 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #1,322 of 1,531 | #48 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #1,345 of 1,600 | #39 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #776 of 1,045 | #14 of 23 |
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
396
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 396 | 30.1 | 13.2:1 | 29% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 30.6 | 13.2:1 | 28% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 29.2 | 14.5:1 | 26% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 21% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 28% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 24% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 7% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 30 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (426 to 396); teachers down 6% (32 to 30.1).
About Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. Its 396 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School is run by Northwestern Lehigh SD, whose 4 schools enroll 1,919 students.
The large majority of students at Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School, 92%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Lehigh County, the White share is about 62%. By the diversity index, Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School comes in at 14%.
The count of teachers at Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School is 30.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. Around 29% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County is 41 points higher.
allk12 grades Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School is 11.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.9% actual, 65.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School is located in Lehigh County, where median household income is about $80,079, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County, which together enroll about 56,984 students.
The closest other public school is Northwestern Lehigh High School, about 0.1 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.9% against a local average of 65.7%.
Under the NCES locale system, Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School enrolled 399; in 2024-25, 396.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwestern Lehigh SD
- Northwestern Lehigh High SchoolHigh · 658 students
- Northwestern Lehigh Middle SchoolMiddle · 440 students
- Weisenberg Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other schools in New Tripoli
- Northwestern Lehigh High SchoolHigh · 658 students
- Northwestern Lehigh Middle SchoolMiddle · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Northwestern Lehigh High School0.1 mi · 658
- Northwestern Lehigh Middle School0.3 mi · 440
- Peters Elementary School5.3 mi · 389
- Lehigh Career and Technical Institute6.3 mi · 22
- Weisenberg Elementary School6.4 mi · 425
- Schnecksville School6.5 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Northwestern Lehigh Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School?
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School serve?
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School have?
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School?
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School?
Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School is overseen by Northwestern Lehigh SD in Lehigh County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.