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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Washington El Sch administration to hear?
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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANGOR AREA SD·NCES 420300003430
Washington Elementary School
381 Washington Blvd, Bangor, PA 18013 · (610) 599-7014 · Northampton County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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.
- A-Beats 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
12.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
215 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 184 | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 191 | 51% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Washington Elementary School→DeFranco Elementary School→Bangor Area Middle School→Bangor Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bangor Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
68.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 62.2% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary School this school | 375 | 57.3% | 66.0% |
| Wrightsville Elementary School Wrightsville | 353 | 56.9% | 66.9% |
| S S Palmer Elementary School Palmerton | 399 | 58.6% | 46.7% |
| Blue Ball Elementary School East Earl | 374 | 57.2% | 56.1% |
| Stourbridge Primary Center Honesdale | 415 | 57.3% | N/A |
| Canadochly Elementary School East Prospect | 348 | 60.1% | 47.5% |
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 Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #416 of 1,396 | #7 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #306 of 1,511 ▲ 123 | #6 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #436 of 1,511 ▲ 109 | #10 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #971 of 1,638 | #19 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #553 of 1,528 | #15 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.2% | #949 of 1,531 | #30 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #860 of 1,600 | #19 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.8% | #96 of 1,045 | #1 of 25 |
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
375
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 375 | 30.3 | 12.4:1 | 57% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 31.3 | 12.7:1 | 54% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 29.3 | 14.5:1 | 48% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 38 | 10.6:1 | 46% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 38.8 | 14.2:1 | 53% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 53% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 47% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 10 | 21.4:1 | 20% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 198 | 9 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (550 to 375); teachers down 22% (38.8 to 30.3).
About Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Bangor Area SD in Bangor, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers grades 3 through 4, with 375 students on the rolls.
District-wide, Bangor Area SD has 5 schools and 2,672 students.
Of every 100 students at Washington Elementary School, about 82 are White. Other students are 10% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
There are 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.4:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Of all students at Washington Elementary School, 57% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Washington Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Washington Elementary School, the prediction is 53.0% and the result is 66.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Northampton County show that the median household earns about $89,184 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Northampton County has 60 public schools with about 38,316 students, including Washington Elementary School.
A public school about 3.2 miles away, Pen Argyl Area High School, is the closest to Washington Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Washington Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Washington Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 12.4:1, from 10.6:1.
The discussion board for Washington Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bangor Area SD
- Bangor Area High SchoolHigh · 883 students
- Five Points Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Bangor Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- DeFranco Elementary SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Other schools in Bangor
- Bangor Area High SchoolHigh · 883 students
- Five Points Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Bangor Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- DeFranco Elementary SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary School is the 75th largest of the 156.
- Washington Elementary SchoolBarto, PA · 479 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolLancaster, PA · 467 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 416 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 362 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolHanover, PA · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Pen Argyl Area High School3.2 mi · 475
- Wind Gap Middle School3.8 mi · 510
- Bangor Area Middle School3.8 mi · 421
- Five Points Elementary School3.9 mi · 580
- DeFranco Elementary School4.0 mi · 413
- Bangor Area High School4.2 mi · 883
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Elementary SchoolHow large is Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does Washington Elementary School serve?
Washington Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Washington Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Washington Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Elementary School?
At Washington Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Washington Elementary School public or private?
Washington Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bangor Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.