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Enrollment
440
Middle
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH SD·NCES 421785000035
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School
6636 Northwest Rd, New Tripoli, PA 18066 · (610) 298-8661 · Lehigh County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
109 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 150 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 135 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 155 | 35% |
Student demographics
17%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 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
63.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Middle School
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Lehigh Middle School this school | 440 | 24.8% | 55.9% |
| Southern Middle School Glen Rock | 466 | 23.4% | 51.2% |
| Trafford Middle School Trafford | 354 | 24.0% | 64.6% |
| Penn Middle School Jeannette | 518 | 24.7% | 70.7% |
| Freeport Area Middle School Sarver | 428 | 29.0% | 65.3% |
| Quaker Valley Middle School Sewickley | 425 | 22.4% | 72.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #143 of 479 | #7 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #146 of 513 ▲ 113 | #6 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #118 of 513 ▼ 8 | #7 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #344 of 522 | #15 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #243 of 486 | #7 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #405 of 486 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #438 of 510 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #75 of 332 | #2 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
440
-67 (-13%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 440 | 34.2 | 12.9:1 | 25% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 34.1 | 12.5:1 | 26% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 37.2 | 12.5:1 | 25% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 20% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 41.4 | 12.9:1 | 16% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 6% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwestern Lehigh Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (535 to 440); teachers down 17% (41.4 to 34.2).
About Northwestern Lehigh Middle School
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School is a small middle-grades school in Pennsylvania, located in New Tripoli. Total enrollment is 440 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 594 students on average.
Northwestern Lehigh SD counts 1,919 students in its 4 schools, and Northwestern Lehigh Middle School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Northwestern Lehigh Middle School is 91% White. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Lehigh County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. It is about the same as the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 25%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County, the school's rate is lower.
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Test results at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School are 11.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (55.9% actual, 67.0% predicted).
The school's county is Lehigh County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,079 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Northwestern Lehigh Middle School shares Lehigh County with 82 other public schools.
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Northwestern Lehigh Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Northwestern Lehigh Middle School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
A 13% decline took enrollment from 507 in 2020-21 to 440 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Northwestern Lehigh Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Weisenberg Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Northwestern Lehigh Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Other schools in New Tripoli
- Northwestern Lehigh High SchoolHigh · 658 students
- Northwestern Lehigh Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School0.3 mi · 396
- Northwestern Lehigh High School0.3 mi · 658
- Peters Elementary School5.1 mi · 389
- Lehigh Career and Technical Institute6.2 mi · 22
- Schnecksville School6.4 mi · 465
- Weisenberg Elementary School6.6 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Northwestern Lehigh Middle SchoolHow many students attend Northwestern Lehigh Middle School?
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 06-08.
Is Northwestern Lehigh Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School is approximately 12.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School?
At Northwestern Lehigh Middle School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwestern Lehigh Middle School?
Northwestern Lehigh Middle 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.