Zephyr El Sch

Zephyr El Sch operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, run under Whitehall-Coplay SD. Current enrollment sits at 598 students spanning grades 4 through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Zephyr El Sch sits 35% above that benchmark.

Whitehall-Coplay SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,170 students. Zephyr El Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Zephyr El Sch records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Lehigh County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Zephyr El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.5%; actual is 53.1%, +17.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lehigh County shows median household earnings sit near $80,079, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lehigh County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), Zephyr El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Whitehall-Coplay MS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Zephyr El Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Zephyr El Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 675 students in 2018 compared to 598 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.