Regular local school district · Northampton County
Bethlehem Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Bethlehem Area SD runs 22 public schools with 12,769 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 22
- Students
- 12,769
- Teachers (FTE)
- 991
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1516 Sycamore St, Bethlehem, PA 18017
- Phone
- (610)861-0500
- County
- Northampton County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4203570
- State district ID
- PA-120481002
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,980
- School counselors (FTE)
- 53.0About 241 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 56.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (13,005), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $305.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $15.6 million
- State revenue
- $78.8 million
- Local revenue
- $210.8 million
- Total spending
- $288.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,176
- Salaries
- $111.9 million38.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $271.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 25.8%
- Local: 69.1%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,176
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Bethlehem Area SD
By level: 2 high, 4 middle, 16 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Asa Packer El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 314 | 12.1 |
| Broughal Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 520 | 11.6 |
| Calypso El Sch | Elementary | PK to 5 | 222 | 13.1 |
| Clearview El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 384 | 12.8 |
| Donegan El Sch | Elementary | PK to 5 | 467 | 10.6 |
| East Hills Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 966 | 13.4 |
| Farmersville El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 357 | 12.8 |
| Fountain Hill El Sch | Elementary | PK to 5 | 530 | 11.8 |
| Freedom High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,792 | 16.6 |
| Freemansburg El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 328 | 10.9 |
| Governor Wolf El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 432 | 12.7 |
| Hanover El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 205 | 12.8 |
| James Buchanan El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 253 | 12.7 |
| Liberty High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,541 | 16.1 |
| Lincoln El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 355 | 13.7 |
| Marvine El Sch | Elementary | PK to 5 | 265 | 10.2 |
| Miller Heights El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 328 | 12.6 |
| Nitschmann Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 731 | 13.3 |
| Northeast Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 715 | 12.1 |
| Spring Garden El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 532 | 13.3 |
| Thomas Jefferson El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 238 | 11.3 |
| William Penn El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 242 | 11.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Northampton County
- Easton Area SD 7,928 students
- Northampton Area SD 5,124 students
- Nazareth Area SD 4,885 students
- Bangor Area SD 2,672 students
- Wilson Area SD 2,092 students
- Saucon Valley SD 1,862 students
- Colonial IU 20 1,541 students
- Pen Argyl Area SD 1,419 students
- Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts 550 students
- Lehigh Valley Dual Language CS 457 students
- Easton Arts Academy Elementary CS 254 students
- Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School 18 students
- Career Institute of Technology 13 students
More in Pennsylvania
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.