Nazareth Area School District

Nazareth Area School District is a public school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It serves the boroughs of Nazareth, Stockertown, and Tatamy, and the townships of Bushkill, Lower Nazareth, and Upper Nazareth.

Nazareth Area School District
Location of the Nazareth Area School District in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Address
One Education Plaza
Nazareth
, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 18064
United States
District information
SuperintendentRichard R. Kaskey
SchoolsSix, including Nazareth Area High School
Budget$92.5 million
NCES District ID4216380[1]
Students and staff
Students4,821 (2021-22)
Faculty322.67 (on an FTE basis)
Student–teacher ratio14.94
Athletic conferenceEastern Pennsylvania Conference
District mascotBlue Eagle
ColorsBlue, White, and Black    
Other information
Websitewww.nazarethasd.k12.pa.us

Students in grades nine through 12 attend Nazareth Area High School in Nazareth. Students in grades seven and eight attend Nazareth Area Middle School, and students in grades five and six attend Nazareth Area Intermediate School. The district maintains three elementary schools for kindergarten through fourth grade, Kenneth N. Butz, Floyd R. Shafer, and Lower Nazareth.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school district had a total enrollment of 4,821 students between all six of its schools, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. The current superintendent of schools is Richard R. Kaskey.[2]

Schools
Students at Nazareth Area High School in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1955
Nazareth Area High School in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, April 2013
  • Nazareth Area High School - Grades 9-12
  • Nazareth Area Middle School - Grades 7-8
  • Nazareth Area Intermediate School - Grades 5-6
  • Kenneth N. Butz, Jr. Elementary School - Grades K-4
  • Floyd R. Shafer Elementary School - Grades K-4
  • Lower Nazareth Elementary School - Grades K-4

Middle school

Due to population growth, the Nazareth Area School District constructed a new middle school for grades seven and eight (approximately 800 students). The project included a new $7 million swimming pool. The new building is located on Friedenstahl Avenue in Upper Nazareth Township, adjacent to the high school campus. The school was completed in 2009 in time for the 2009-2010 school year. It cost an estimated total of $57 million.[3]

With the opening of the new middle school in 2009, the Nazareth area underwent a district-wide grade reconfiguration. Grades Kindergarten through 3rd grade remained in the elementary schools. Grades 4, 5, and 6 were placed into a new intermediate level with all students in those grades attending the Nazareth Are Intermediate School, utilizing the former middle school building at 355 Tatamy Road. Grades 7 and 8 now attend the new middle school building. Only the high school, built in 1956, remains unaffected by the grade changes.

Statistics

According to a 2006 survey distributed to every household in the Nazareth Area School District, with a 19% participation rate:

Residency Within the district

Attendance distribution

40.8% of responding households had NASD students, of those:

  • 18% had children attending Bushkill Elementary School.
  • 17% had children attending Lower Nazareth Elementary School.
  • 18% had children attending Floyd R. Shafer Elementary School.
  • 37% had children attending Nazareth Area Middle School.
  • 43% had children attending Nazareth Area High School.[5]

Current board members
  • Gregory C. Leh (President)
  • Melissa S. Kalinoski (Vice President)
  • Kenneth N. Butz, Jr. (Treasurer)
  • Jodi L. Mammana
  • Adam McGlynn, Ph.D.
  • Kathlyn Roberts
  • Wayne Simpson
  • Linda G. Stubits, Ed.D.
  • Joseph T. Vasko[6]

Communication

Attuned to the importance of parent and school communication, the district has established a parental web portal, a web friendly, state-of-the-art communication tool on its website. School events and School Board meetings are posted on the district website calendar. News about the Nazareth Area School District is reported regularly in The Morning Call and The Express-Times newspapers. As of January, 2011, the Nazareth Area High School also began utilizing the Eagle Call system, allowing students to receive text messages and e-mails directly on mobile devices and cell phones.

Notes
  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Bangor Area School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. "Administrators". Nazareth Area School District. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  3. Brill, Douglas B. (May 7, 2010). "Nazareth Area Middle School pool water readings suggest there's a leak". The Express-Times. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  4. "2006 Community Survey - Report Summary &" (PDF). Nazareth Area School District. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  5. "2006 Community Survey - Comprehensive Report &" (PDF). Nazareth Area School District. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  6. "Board Information & Calendar". Nazareth Area School District. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
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