Shawnee El Sch

Shawnee El Sch, a mid-tier K-5 school in Easton, Pennsylvania, operated by Easton Area SD, serves 567 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 28% above typical.

Shawnee El Sch is one of 9 schools operated by Easton Area SD, a district that serves 7,928 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shawnee El Sch records that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Northampton County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shawnee El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 64.5%, a residual of +29.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Northampton County indicate median household income runs about $89,184, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Shawnee El Sch is one of 60 public schools in Northampton County (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students).

The closest other public school is Easton Area MS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shawnee El Sch. On composite proficiency, Shawnee El Sch comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Shawnee El Sch's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 683 (now 567). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 18% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.