Whitehall HS

Whitehall HS is a sizable high school in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, part of Whitehall-Coplay SD. The school educates 1,462 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Whitehall HS sits 98% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Whitehall-Coplay SD, which oversees 5 schools and 4,170 students, Whitehall HS is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Whitehall HS records that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Whitehall HS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 102% of students at Whitehall HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Lehigh County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Whitehall HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 49.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lehigh County) reports that median household income runs about $80,079, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Lehigh County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), of which Whitehall HS is one.

The closest other public school is Zephyr El Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitehall HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whitehall HS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

Whitehall HS operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Whitehall HS's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,426 (now 1,462). The White share of enrollment edged down from 55% to 47% over that span.

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