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Orefield Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2675 Pa Route 309
Orefield, PA 18069
Phone
(610) 351-5750
District
PARKLAND SD
County
LEHIGH COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
939
Classroom Teachers
73

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

8

(10 is best)

Better than 78.4% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Orefield Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
73%
44%
79%
56%
66%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
60%
42%
74%
58%
45%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
52%
39%
69%
56%
35%
23%
    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
13
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 5 5 0.5%
Grade 6 309 32.9%
Grade 7 294 31.3%
Grade 8 331 35.3%
Total 939 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 66.7% 62.4% 65.3%
Black 4.6% 5.1% 15.4%
Hispanic 23.3% 18.8% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.3% 13.5% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 34.3% 24.9% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 32.9% 23.7% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.4% 1.2% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 65,692 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 919.5 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.4% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.1% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 24,757 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 6.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.0% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.7% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.9% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.5% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.8% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.2% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.2% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.7% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 2.7% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,442 $100,525,134 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $945 $9,097,515 4.7%
Staff $514 $4,948,278 2.6%
General Administration $185 $1,780,995 0.9%
School Administration $677 $6,517,479 3.4%
Operation $1,435 $13,814,745 7.2%
Transportation $811 $7,807,497 4.1%
Other $674 $6,488,598 3.4%
Total Support $5,241 $50,455,107 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,271 $41,116,917 21.4%
Total Expenditures $19,954 $192,097,158 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%