Paxinosa El Sch

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in Easton, Pennsylvania, Paxinosa El Sch teaches 572 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Easton Area SD. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Easton Area SD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 7,928 students. Paxinosa El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Paxinosa El Sch lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 16% White, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Northampton County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Paxinosa El Sch has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Paxinosa El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% 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 Northampton County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Paxinosa El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Northampton County put median household income runs about $89,184, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Paxinosa El Sch is one of 60 public schools in Northampton County (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students).

Nearest neighbor: Easton Arts Academy Elementary CS, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Paxinosa El Sch comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 631 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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