Lehighton Area Middle School
301 Beaver Run Rd, Lehighton, PA, 18235-1130 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Lehighton Area Middle School
School Level Middle school
Grades Offered Grades 5 - 8
County Carbon County, PA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 754 students
% Male / % Female 53%  /  47%
Total Classroom Teachers 54 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 5 - 169 students
Grade 6 - 207 students
Grade 7 - 164 students
Grade 8 - 207 students
Grade Not Listed - 7 students
This School
(PA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:14 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(PA) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian n/a 2%
% Hispanic 2% 5%
% Black 1% 17%
% White 96% 77%
% Unknown 1 % 2%
Additional Student Information
This School
(PA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 19% 22%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 7% 6%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(PA) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Lehighton Area Sd School District
This School's Agency
(PA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 6 5
Number of Students Managed 2,472 students 2,929 students
District Total Revenue $27,717,000 $30,597,000
District Expenditure $26,515,000 $30,853,000
District Revenue / Student $11,212 $10,446
District Expenditure / Student $10,726 $10,534
In the News:
  • LAMS recognizes veterans who staff the school (Times News)
    posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:15:09 pm
    As part of the Lehighton Area Middle School's Veterans Day program, staff members who are also veterans were recognized. Among the veterans who work at the school are, from left, Kevin Long, Adam Messinger, student teacher; Dennis Semmel, John Stemler and Stephen Ebbert.
  • Students in Lehighton learn more about the role of veterans (Times News)
    posted on November 17, 2009 at 10:18:25 pm
    As part of the school's observance of Veterans Day, students at Lehighton Area Middle School learned more about the role of America's veterans through a program presented by the Lehighton American Legion Auxiliary Post 314. The video program, "America Veterans", and teacher's guide, explored critical dimensions of the question, "What does Veterans Day mean to you?" The video explained who ...
  • LAMS band concert (Times News)
    posted on November 3, 2009 at 10:08:56 pm
    Lehighton Area Middle School music department will be holding a band concert at 7 p.m. today. read more
  • H1N1 vaccine, prevention is addressed in Lehighton School District (Times News)
    posted on October 20, 2009 at 09:14:01 pm
    Nurses working in the Lehighton Area School District addressed the school board during last night's meeting to present an update on the H1N1 vaccine. They also discussed flu prevention tactics learned during a regional health conference. The school nurses recently attended a conference run by Dr. Luther Rhodes, Chief of the Infectious Disease Division at Lehigh Valley Hospital. read more
  • One rides, one walks (Times News)
    posted on October 20, 2009 at 09:12:41 pm
    What a difference one year makes. In the case of a Lehighton family, it's about 12 blocks long. Mary Durishin has two children attending Lehighton Area Middle School on Beaver Run Road. Her daughter is in seventh grade, and is no longer allowed to ride the school bus because she lives in town, even though the distance from her home to school is 12 blocks. The other child is in sixth grade. But ...
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (18235)
School Zip (18235)
(PA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 18,329 people 11,396,563 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 17% 22%
Population Average Age 41 years old 37 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $34,972 $41,073
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.7 rooms 5.9 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 50 years old 51 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (18235)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 75% / 25% 69% / 31%
School Map:
1. Jim Thorpe Area Junior High School - 170 students - 2.7 mi. away - view location
2. Palmerton Area Middle School - 330 students - 6.3 mi. away - view location
3. Northern Lehigh Middle School - 356 students - 7.8 mi. away - view location
4. Weatherly Area Middle School - 183 students - 8.8 mi. away - view location
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