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Miseducation » Pennsylvania

East Penn School District

800 Pine Street, Emmaus, PA 18049

8,043 Students | 487 Teachers | 10 Schools

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Alburtis El Sch
Emmaus HS
Eyer MS
Jefferson El Sch
Lincoln El Sch
Lower Macungie MS
Macungie El Sch
Shoemaker El Sch
Wescosville El Sch
Willow Lane El Sch

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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

5.1x

White students are 5.1 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as students of Two or More Races.

White students are 2.2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

White students are 2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Hispanic students.

Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are 3.2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as White students.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

Discipline

No Hispanic students have been suspended, so cannot compare them to White students.

Black students are 3.3 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White student suspensions is not available.

Native American or Alaska Native students are 8.6 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Achievement Gap

1.4 grades

Hispanic students are, on average, academically 1.4 grades behind White students.

Black students are, on average, academically 1.3 grades behind White students.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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Students

22% Nonwhite Students

25% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

94% High School Graduation Rate

15% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

384 students

6% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

496 students

26% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

685 students

12% Students Enrolled in Physics

320 students

20% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

536 students

23% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

605 students

40% Students Enrolled in Biology

1,055 students

26% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

670 students

5% Students Enrolled in Calculus

138 students

2% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

139 students

Teachers & Resources

16.5 Students for Every Teacher

6% Inexperienced Teachers

54% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

20 Average Number of AP Courses per School

3.4 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

1 School With Credit Recovery Programs

1 School With Dual Enrollment Programs

10 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

0 Schools With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

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State

Students

182 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

2% of all students in this district

229 Total In-School Suspended Students

3% of all students in this district

0 Total Expelled Students

Outcomes & Resources

79 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

2.4Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

6 Total Arrests

106 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

10 Average Referrals to Law Enforcement, per School

0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

0 Security Guards or Law Enforcement Officers per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights Title IX Coordinator

(i.e. sex discrimination)

Jessica Afflerbac;H
610-966-8377
Email

Civil Rights Title VI Coordinator

(i.e. race, color and national origin discrimination)

Jessica Afflerbach
610-966-8377
Email

Civil Rights ADA/504 Coordinator

(i.e. disability discrimination)

Thomas Mirabella
610-966-8372
Email

All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alburtis El Sch	Alburtis	29%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Emmaus HS	Emmaus	20%	24%	94%	2.2x	2.9x
Eyer MS	Macungie	19%	17%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Jefferson El Sch	Emmaus	24%	31%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lincoln El Sch	Emmaus	22%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	Over 20x
Lower Macungie MS	Macungie	25%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	5.9x
Macungie El Sch	Macungie	17%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Shoemaker El Sch	Macungie	24%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	14.4x
Wescosville El Sch	Wescosville	28%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Willow Lane El Sch	Macungie	23%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alburtis El Sch	Alburtis	29%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Emmaus HS	Emmaus	20%	24%	94%	1.7x	.5 No Hispanic students suspended
Eyer MS	Macungie	19%	17%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Jefferson El Sch	Emmaus	24%	31%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lincoln El Sch	Emmaus	22%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lower Macungie MS	Macungie	25%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Macungie El Sch	Macungie	17%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Shoemaker El Sch	Macungie	24%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Wescosville El Sch	Wescosville	28%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Willow Lane El Sch	Macungie	23%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alburtis El Sch	Alburtis	29%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Emmaus HS	Emmaus	20%	24%	94%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
Eyer MS	Macungie	19%	17%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Jefferson El Sch	Emmaus	24%	31%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lincoln El Sch	Emmaus	22%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lower Macungie MS	Macungie	25%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Macungie El Sch	Macungie	17%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Shoemaker El Sch	Macungie	24%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	12.1x
Wescosville El Sch	Wescosville	28%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	12.4x
Willow Lane El Sch	Macungie	23%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alburtis El Sch	Alburtis	29%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Emmaus HS	Emmaus	20%	24%	94%	0 Not available	Over 20x
Eyer MS	Macungie	19%	17%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Jefferson El Sch	Emmaus	24%	31%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lincoln El Sch	Emmaus	22%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lower Macungie MS	Macungie	25%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Macungie El Sch	Macungie	17%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Shoemaker El Sch	Macungie	24%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Wescosville El Sch	Wescosville	28%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Willow Lane El Sch	Macungie	23%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alburtis El Sch	Alburtis	29%	35%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Emmaus HS	Emmaus	20%	24%	94%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Eyer MS	Macungie	19%	17%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Jefferson El Sch	Emmaus	24%	31%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lincoln El Sch	Emmaus	22%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lower Macungie MS	Macungie	25%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Macungie El Sch	Macungie	17%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Shoemaker El Sch	Macungie	24%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Wescosville El Sch	Wescosville	28%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Willow Lane El Sch	Macungie	23%	18%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →