Slatington El Sch

Set in Slatington, Pennsylvania, Slatington El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, one of the schools within Northern Lehigh SD. It teaches 487 students across grades 3 through 6.

Northern Lehigh SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,616 students. Slatington El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Slatington El Sch records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Lehigh County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Slatington El Sch has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 101% of students at Slatington El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lehigh County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Slatington El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of +8.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lehigh County indicate median household income runs about $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. Slatington El Sch is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

Northern Lehigh SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Slatington El Sch at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 487 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 82% to 75% over that span.

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