Salem Christian School
Address
8031 Salem Bible Church Road

Macungie, Pennsylvania
,
Lehigh County
18062

United States
Coordinates40°28′26″N 75°34′25″W / 40.4740°N 75.5737°W / 40.4740; -75.5737
Information
School typePrivate Christian school
Established1979 (1979)
School districtEast Penn School District
PrincipalMark Stanton
Teaching staff22 (on an FTE basis)
GradesPK–12
Enrollment175 (2020–21)
Student to teacher ratio7.5
Campus typeFringe rural
Color(s)   Blue and gold
MascotEagle
Websitesalemchristian.org

Salem Christian School is a private Christian school in Macungie, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.

The school serves families and their children from Lehigh, Berks, Northampton, Montgomery, and Bucks counties. The school primarily serves the Christian school market in the Lehigh Valley south of Allentown. The school serves students from preschool through high school. As of the 2020-21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 175 students (164 of whom were non-prekindergarten) and 22 teachers on a full-time basis for a student-teacher ratio of 7.5, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.[1]

History

Salem Christian School was founded in 1979 with a class of 17 students. Student enrollment and the school's building structure have both since expanded. As of the 2020–21 school year, student enrollment, including prekindergarten and Kindergarten through 12th grade, was 175.

As of 2015, the school was accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International and Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. It states that its goal is to be the premier Christian school in the Lehigh Valley.

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