Saucon Valley El Sch

Saucon Valley El Sch is an average-sized elementary school in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, overseen by Saucon Valley SD. The school caters to 627 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Saucon Valley El Sch sits 42% larger than that benchmark.

Saucon Valley SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,853 students; Saucon Valley El Sch is among them.

Looking at the student body, Saucon Valley El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Saucon Valley El Sch records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Northampton County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Saucon Valley El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.7%; this one delivers 65.3%.

Around the school, census data for Northampton County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,184 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Saucon Valley El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Saucon Valley MS, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Saucon Valley El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 712 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 85% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Saucon Valley El Sch community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.