Summary:
The Bethlehem-Center School District has only one elementary school, Bethlehem-Center Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 488 students. While the school's performance has been declining over the past three years, it continues to face academic challenges, particularly in the upper grade levels.
Bethlehem-Center Elementary School is ranked 880 out of 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in PSSA Math and English Language Arts (ELA) are below the state averages, with 41.3% proficiency in Math and 44.5% in ELA, compared to the state averages of 41.7% and 48.5%, respectively. However, the school's performance is stronger in 3rd and 4th grade Math and ELA, with proficiency rates above the state averages in those grade levels.
The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $19,099, and the student-teacher ratio for the 2023-2024 school year was 13.7, which is lower than the state average. Additionally, 99.59% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. These factors may contribute to the academic challenges the school is facing and should be considered when developing strategies for improvement.
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