Schools · Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA schools
Kids attend Thomas Jefferson El Sch.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Bethlehem’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Bethlehem’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
B-Test scoresC-Graduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 39%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (2,002)Better than 24%
High confidence. Built on 2,713 tested students and a graduating class of 1,086; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Bethlehem kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades K–5, Bethlehem Area)31%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
1,086
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #831 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving Bethlehem
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 29 schools in Bethlehem
Showing 1–29 of 29 schools
Spring Garden El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 532 students
A-PublicDonegan El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 467 students
C-PublicLehigh Valley Dual Language CSElementary · Grades K–8 · 457 students
DCharterGovernor Wolf El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 432 students
APublicClearview El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 384 students
BPublicLincoln El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 355 students
B+PublicMarvine El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 265 students
B+PublicJames Buchanan El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 253 students
C+PublicWilliam Penn El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 242 students
B-PublicThomas Jefferson El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 238 students
C+PublicCalypso El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 222 students
BPublicEast Hills MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 966 students
B-PublicNitschmann MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 731 students
CPublicNortheast MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 715 students
CPublicBroughal MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 520 students
C-PublicLiberty HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,541 students
C-PublicLehigh Valley Charter High School for the ArtsHigh · Grades 9–12 · 550 students
CCharterLehigh Valley Academy Regional CSOther · Grades K–12 · 1,878 students
B-CharterBETHLEHEM CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
PrivateBUXMONT ACADEMY
PrivateBUXMONT ACADEMY
PrivateCENTENNIAL SCHOOL LEHIGH UNIV
PrivateCOVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
PrivateFELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
PrivateHOLY INFANCY SCHOOL
PrivateLIGHTBRIDGE ACADEMY
PrivateMORAVIAN ACADEMY
PrivateST ANNE SCHOOL
PrivateST NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX ACADEMY
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.