📍 680 Fourth Street, Palmerton, Carbon County, 18071
Parkside Education Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Palmerton, Carbon County. The school has 155 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Palmerton Area SD school district. It serves grades K–1 in a small-town setting. The school employs 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Parkside Education Center enrolls 155 students across grades K–1. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 129 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 5.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
88 of the school's 155 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 84 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Parkside Education Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA-70, state senate district 14, state house district 122.
Parkside Education Center is one of 5 schools in Palmerton Area SD, based in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. The district serves 1,637 students district-wide and employs 137 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 155 students, Parkside Education Center is smaller than the district average of about 327 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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