Elementary · Pennsylvania
James Buchanan El Sch
James Buchanan El Sch, a public elementary school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: grades k–5, 253 students, 12.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bethlehem Area SD.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 253
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.9
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 12.9 · 1,626 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 86% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 415 · 1,629 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Bethlehem Area SD
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Location
- Address
- 1621 Catasauqua Road, Bethlehem, PA 18017
- Phone
- (610)865-1766
- City or town
- Bethlehem
- County
- Lehigh County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 384 | 12.6 | |
Sonia Sotomayor Dual Lang Immersion AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 112 | 16.2 |
| K–5 | 314 | 11.7 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 222 | 13.0 | |
| K–5 | 242 | 11.5 | |
Ritter El SchFree meals for all | K–5 | 463 | 16.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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