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Northampton Area High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1619 Laubach Ave
Northampton, PA 18067
Phone
(610) 262-7812
District
Northampton Area SD
County
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1862
Classroom Teachers
118

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

7

(10 is best)

Better than 60.4% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Northampton Area High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
56%
49%
69%
64%
42%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 493 26.5%
Grade 10 507 27.2%
Grade 11 405 21.8%
Grade 12 457 24.5%
Total 1862 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 81.8% 81.6% 64.5%
Black 3.7% 3.3% 15.4%
Hispanic 13.8% 14.6% 15.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.5% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 31.4% 39.3% 53.0%
Free lunch eligible 29.1% 36.8% 51.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 2.5% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 43,845 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 458.4 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.0% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.7% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.8% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 21.7% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 17,248 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 5.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.5% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.7% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.6% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.6% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.4% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.4% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.8% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.2% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 6.1% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,424 $54,484,000 46.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $904 $4,727,000 4.0%
Staff $571 $2,986,000 2.6%
General Administration $433 $2,262,000 1.9%
School Administration $619 $3,235,000 2.8%
Operation $1,754 $9,170,000 7.8%
Transportation $611 $3,195,000 2.7%
Other $664 $3,470,000 3.0%
Total Support $5,557 $29,045,000 24.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,393 $33,414,000 28.6%
Total Expenditures $22,373 $116,943,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,819 $18,319,893,000 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,093 $1,850,572,000 4.8%
Staff $669 $1,132,122,000 2.9%
General Administration $477 $808,056,000 2.1%
School Administration $816 $1,382,117,000 3.6%
Operation $1,589 $2,691,467,000 7.0%
Transportation $709 $1,201,390,000 3.1%
Other $722 $1,223,280,000 3.2%
Total Support $6,076 $10,289,004,000 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,887 $9,968,592,000 25.8%
Total Expenditures $22,782 $38,577,489,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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