Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMERTON AREA SD·NCES 421836001319
Towamensing Elementary School
7920 Interchange Rd, Lehighton, PA 18235 · (610) 681-4024 · Carbon County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
131 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Based on grade levels within Palmerton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp 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 67 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 62.8% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Towamensing Elementary School
Towamensing Elementary School's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towamensing Elementary School this school | 328 | 39.9% | 67.3% |
| Robeson El Center Birdsboro | 339 | 38.3% | 64.0% |
| Hopewell Elementary School Aliquippa | 323 | 39.6% | 53.0% |
| Mount Rock Elementary School Newville | 331 | 39.3% | 68.3% |
| Perry Elementary School Shoemakersville | 327 | 43.4% | 57.9% |
| Hegins-Hubley Elementary School Valley View | 307 | 42.3% | 50.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Towamensing Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Carbon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #372 of 1,396 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #347 of 1,511 ▲ 67 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #351 of 1,511 ▲ 69 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #1,143 of 1,638 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #153 of 1,528 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #1,266 of 1,531 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #1,162 of 1,600 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #953 of 1,045 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
328
+52 (+19%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 328 | 30.8 | 10.7:1 | 40% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 29.8 | 11.1:1 | 39% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 28.5 | 11.4:1 | 36% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 28 | 9.9:1 | 29% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 24.1 | 13.9:1 | 27% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 30% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 19% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 18 | 19.2:1 | 21% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 15 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Towamensing Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (336 to 328); teachers up 28% (24.1 to 30.8).
About Towamensing Elementary School
Towamensing Elementary School is an elementary school in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, reachable at (610) 681-4024. School enrollment was 328 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Besides Towamensing Elementary School, Palmerton Area SD runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 1,616 students.
The large majority of students at Towamensing Elementary School, 91%, are White. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic. County-wide, about 89% of residents are White. Towamensing Elementary School has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 40% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 65% average for public schools in Carbon County is 25 points.
Towamensing Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Towamensing Elementary School would score about 60.5%. It scores 67.3%, 6.8 points above that figure.
Federal survey data for Carbon County show that median household income is about $67,554, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Towamensing Elementary School is among the 18 public schools in Carbon County.
Nearest public school: Palmerton Area High School, about 4.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Towamensing Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Local comparison: Towamensing Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 67.3% versus a 52.8% average.
Towamensing Elementary School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
The number of students grew from 276 to 328 over 4 years.
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Carbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,382
Census ACS
Median income
$67,554
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,111 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palmerton Area SD
- Palmerton Area High SchoolHigh · 478 students
- S S Palmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Palmerton Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 261 students
- Parkside Education CenterElementary · 150 students
Other schools in Lehighton
- Lehighton Area Elementary CenterElementary · 1,005 students
- Lehighton Area High SchoolHigh · 630 students
- Lehighton Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Palmerton Area High School4.6 mi · 478
- Palmerton Area Junior High School4.6 mi · 261
- Parkside Education Center5.2 mi · 150
- S S Palmer Elementary School5.3 mi · 399
- Pleasant Valley Intermediate School5.7 mi · 906
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School5.7 mi · 899
Frequently asked questions
About Towamensing Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Towamensing Elementary School?
Towamensing Elementary School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Towamensing Elementary School serve?
Towamensing Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Towamensing Elementary School?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Towamensing Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Towamensing Elementary School?
At Towamensing Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Towamensing Elementary School in?
Towamensing Elementary School is part of Palmerton Area SD.
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