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Enrollment
598
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITEHALL-COPLAY SD·NCES 422625006938
Zephyr Elementary School
2934 Zephyr Blvd, Whitehall, PA 18052 · (610) 871-3671 · Lehigh County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- 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
13.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
588 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 4 | 284 | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 309 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Whitehall-Coplay SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 46.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Zephyr Elementary School
Zephyr Elementary School's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zephyr Elementary School this school | 598 | 98.3% | 53.1% |
| Clarence M Gockley Elementary School Whitehall | 574 | 97.7% | N/A |
| George D Steckel Elementary School Whitehall | 561 | 98.8% | 48.7% |
| Francis H Sheckler Elementary School Catasauqua | 589 | 96.9% | 36.9% |
| Mifflin Park Elementary School Shillington | 503 | 96.6% | 47.5% |
| Isaac Tripp Elementary School Scranton | 710 | 94.5% | 29.4% |
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 Zephyr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #786 of 1,396 | #24 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #845 of 1,511 ▼ 10 | #25 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #839 of 1,511 ▲ 77 | #25 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #266 of 1,638 | #8 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #833 of 1,528 | #19 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #207 of 1,531 | #5 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #435 of 1,600 | #14 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #590 of 1,045 | #10 of 23 |
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
598
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 598 | 45.2 | 13.2:1 | 98% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 42.7 | 13.8:1 | 100% (588) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 43.1 | 13.1:1 | 100% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 46% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 57% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 57% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 37% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zephyr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (675 to 598); teachers up 10% (41 to 45.2).
About Zephyr Elementary School
Zephyr Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Whitehall-Coplay SD, located in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 598 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 4 through 5. The school is 35% larger than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Whitehall-Coplay SD runs Zephyr Elementary School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 4,170 students in total.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Zephyr Elementary School is Hispanic, with 46% of students. Enrollment also includes 35% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 18 points above the 28% share among Lehigh County residents. The diversity index for Zephyr Elementary School is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1. The school has 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal data show 98% of students (588) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 28 points above the 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County.
On the allk12 Grade, Zephyr Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 65% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Zephyr Elementary School is +17.6 points, in the top 10% of Pennsylvania. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.1%, and the predicted rate is 35.5%.
Census data for Lehigh County show the median household earns about $80,079 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Lehigh County number 83, with about 56,984 students.
Whitehall-Coplay Middle School is the nearest public school to Zephyr Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Zephyr Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Zephyr Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Zephyr Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 598 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 614. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.0:1 to 13.2:1 over the same years.
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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 Whitehall-Coplay SD
- Whitehall High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Whitehall-Coplay Middle SchoolMiddle · 975 students
- Clarence M Gockley Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- George D Steckel Elementary SchoolElementary · 561 students
Other schools in Whitehall
- Whitehall High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Whitehall-Coplay Middle SchoolMiddle · 975 students
- Clarence M Gockley Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- George D Steckel Elementary SchoolElementary · 561 students
Nearby schools
- Whitehall-Coplay Middle School0.1 mi · 975
- Whitehall High School0.1 mi · 1,462
- Clarence M Gockley Elementary School0.2 mi · 574
- George D Steckel Elementary School0.2 mi · 561
- Innovative Arts Academy CS1.8 mi · 477
- Kratzer School1.9 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Zephyr Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Zephyr Elementary School?
Zephyr Elementary School enrolls approximately 598 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Zephyr Elementary School serve?
Zephyr Elementary School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Zephyr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zephyr Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zephyr Elementary School?
At Zephyr Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 46% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Zephyr Elementary School?
Zephyr Elementary School is overseen by Whitehall-Coplay SD in Lehigh County.
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