Northwestern Lehigh HS

Northwestern Lehigh HS is a 9-12 campus of mid-sized scale in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, operated by Northwestern Lehigh SD, teacheing 658 students in grades 9 through 12.

Northwestern Lehigh HS is one of 4 schools operated by Northwestern Lehigh SD, a district that instructs 1,919 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Northwestern Lehigh HS lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lehigh County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northwestern Lehigh HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lehigh County shows median household earnings sit near $80,079, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lehigh County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), of which Northwestern Lehigh HS is one.

The closest other public school is Northwestern Lehigh El Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Northwestern Lehigh HS. On composite proficiency, Northwestern Lehigh HS comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 743 students in 2018 compared to 658 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Northwestern Lehigh HS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.