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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKLAND SD·NCES 421851007691
Veterans Memorial Elementary School
250 Twin Ponds Rd, Breinigsville, PA 18031 · (610) 351-5910 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
169 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
79.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.8% | 79.2% |
| 2023-24 | 75.1% | 75.1% |
% 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
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Veterans Memorial Elementary School
Veterans Memorial Elementary School's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial Elementary School this school | 451 | 37.5% | 76.9% |
| Fogelsville School Breinigsville | 480 | 32.9% | 78.8% |
| Brooke Elementary School Royersford | 379 | 30.6% | 69.1% |
| Sugartown Elementary School Malvern | 449 | 30.3% | 61.4% |
| Parkway Manor School Allentown | 569 | 28.5% | 80.1% |
| Nitrauer School Lancaster | 468 | 34.4% | 77.4% |
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 Veterans Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #165 of 1,396 | #7 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #122 of 1,511 ▲ 32 | #8 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #200 of 1,511 ▲ 10 | #9 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #684 of 1,638 | #30 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #601 of 1,528 | #6 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #167 of 1,531 | #3 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #1,195 of 1,600 | #31 of 48 |
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
451
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 451 | 36.1 | 12.5:1 | 37% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 36.1 | 13.4:1 | 35% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 33.5 | 15.4:1 | 33% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 29% (139) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Memorial Elementary School.
About Veterans Memorial Elementary School
Veterans Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school located in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. A federal count lists 451 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Veterans Memorial Elementary School falls under Parkland SD, which has 12 schools enrolling 9,975 students.
White students form the largest group at Veterans Memorial Elementary School, 49% of enrollment. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 62% of Lehigh County residents are White. By the diversity index, Veterans Memorial Elementary School comes in at 67%.
The school has about 12.5 students per teacher and 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Lehigh County averages 70%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Veterans Memorial Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Veterans Memorial Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 61.5%. Veterans Memorial Elementary School scores 76.9%, 15.3 points above that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lehigh County show that median household income is about $80,079, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Veterans Memorial Elementary School is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County, which together enroll about 56,984 students.
The closest other public school is Fred J. Jaindl Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Veterans Memorial Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 451 was 6% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 480. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.0:1 to 12.5:1.
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Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Parkland SD
- Parkland High SchoolHigh · 3,279 students
- Springhouse Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
- Orefield Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Parkway Manor SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Kernsville SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Kratzer SchoolElementary · 510 students
Other schools in Breinigsville
- Fogelsville SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Fred J. Jaindl Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
Other Veterans Memorial Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Veterans Memorial Elementary. Veterans Memorial Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 815 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 721 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolBRICK, NJ · 619 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolROMA, TX · 458 students
- Veterans Memorial ElementaryCentral Falls, RI · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Fred J. Jaindl Elementary School1.2 mi · 433
- Fogelsville School1.5 mi · 480
- Circle of Seasons CS2.8 mi · 433
- Lower Macungie Middle School3.5 mi · 1,041
- Alburtis Elementary School3.7 mi · 360
- Willow Lane Elementary School4.1 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Veterans Memorial Elementary School serve?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Veterans Memorial Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
At Veterans Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School is overseen by Parkland SD in Lehigh County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.