Allentown City School District

Summary:

The Allentown City School District in Pennsylvania serves 21 schools, including 14 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The district faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students, as evidenced by its overall academic performance that falls well below state averages.

Despite the district's struggles, a few standout schools stand out. Lehigh Parkway Elementary School consistently outperforms the district and state averages on PSSA tests, with 42.6% of students proficient or better in Math and 48% proficient or better in English Language Arts. Similarly, Muhlenberg Elementary School and Hiram W Dodd Elementary School also demonstrate higher proficiency rates than their peers in the district.

However, the district as a whole struggles with low graduation rates, high dropout rates, and significantly below-average performance on Keystone Exams and PSSA tests. Additionally, the majority of schools in the district have 100% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. Addressing these challenges and identifying strategies employed at the standout schools will be crucial for the Allentown City School District to improve student outcomes and better serve its community.

District Detail

31 S Penn Street
Allentown, PA 18105-0328

(484) 765-4000

SchoolDigger Rank:
544^th of 610 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 16,439

Primary Schools: 14
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 3
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2024)	Keystone Exams Biology (2024)	Keystone Exams Literature (2024)	PSSA Math (2024)							PSSA Science (2024)			PSSA English Language Arts (2024)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science 8th Grade	PSSA Science All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hiram W Dodd Elementary School	Public	K-5	1944 S Church St	Allentown	18103	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4501	684	43	16.0	100.0%	39 (5.7%)	52 (7.6%)	513 (75.0%)	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (9.9%)	20.9	1204^th of 1526 public elementary schools	21.1%		23.2	1186^th of 1534 public elementary schools	22.7%	18				31.4	31.3	32.0				31.5	52.1		52.1	36.3	17.0	37.0				30.4	$14,600	$2,435	$12,165
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	750 Saint John St	Allentown	18103	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4421	543	32	17.0	100.0%	37 (6.8%)	60 (11.0%)	380 (70.0%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	56 (10.3%)	15.3	1284^th of 1526 public elementary schools	15.9%		9.6	1365^th of 1534 public elementary schools	11.0%	81				23.7	25.7	6.8				18.4	60.3		60.3	33.9	34.2	21.3				29.5	$14,861	$2,479	$12,382
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School	Public	K-5	1708 Coronado St	Allentown	18103	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4441	268	18	14.9	100.0%	16 (6.0%)	44 (16.4%)	187 (69.8%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.3%)	46.8	910^th of 1526 public elementary schools	40.4%		52	843^rd of 1534 public elementary schools	45.0%	67				59.4	54.3	22.0				42.6	80.0		80.0	54.1	50.0	42.0				48.0	$15,923	$2,656	$13,267
Mosser Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	129 S Dauphin St	Allentown	18109	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-5881	568	40	14.1	100.0%	33 (5.8%)	47 (8.3%)	437 (76.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.5%)	9.7	1365^th of 1526 public elementary schools	10.6%		11.8	1324^th of 1534 public elementary schools	13.7%	41				18.8	10.7	17.6				16.1	46.5		46.5	20.3	21.4	27.9				23.3	$17,207	$2,870	$14,337
Muhlenberg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	740 N 21st St	Allentown	18104	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4861	591	32	18.5	100.0%	57 (9.6%)	67 (11.3%)	395 (66.8%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.2%)	22.1	1191^st of 1526 public elementary schools	22.0%		27.5	1150^th of 1534 public elementary schools	25.0%	41				39.7	24.5	14.1				25.4	66.0		66.0	42.9	32.7	26.8				33.6	$13,953	$2,327	$11,626
Ritter Elementary School	Public	K-5	790 N Plymouth Street	Allentown	18109	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-5661	426	31	13.9	100.0%	49 (11.5%)	41 (9.6%)	295 (69.2%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.0%)	16.4	1266^th of 1526 public elementary schools	17.0%		20.3	1220^th of 1534 public elementary schools	20.5%	46				25.4	20.4	24.6				23.7	55.1		55.1	25.4	25.0	36.0				29.2	$15,682	$2,616	$13,066
Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	210 W Susquehanna St	Allentown	18103	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4461	621	38	16.4	100.0%	29 (4.7%)	62 (10.0%)	448 (72.1%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	76 (12.2%)	7.1	1418^th of 1526 public elementary schools	7.1%		12	1320^th of 1534 public elementary schools	14.0%	98				10.7	13.6	10.8				11.7	37.0		37.0	18.1	14.2	28.6				20.2	$15,412	$2,571	$12,841
Union Terrace Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1939 W Union St	Allentown	18104	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-5481	764	43	17.8	100.0%	45 (5.9%)	94 (12.3%)	535 (70.0%)	13 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (9.8%)	13.6	1307^th of 1526 public elementary schools	14.4%		14.8	1279^th of 1534 public elementary schools	16.6%	28				19.3	23.0	20.2				20.9	56.5		56.5	24.3	25.7	27.8				26.0	$14,451	$2,410	$12,041
Washington Elementary School	Public	1-5	837 N 9th St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4941	360	29	12.6	99.2%	11 (3.1%)	39 (10.8%)	271 (75.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.8%)	6	1440^th of 1526 public elementary schools	5.6%		12.8	1302^nd of 1534 public elementary schools	15.1%	138				20.4	8.2	7.3				11.8	32.2		32.2	22.2	18.0	16.4				18.8	$19,046	$3,177	$15,869
Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	829 W Turner St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4801	697	43	16.0	100.0%	37 (5.3%)	86 (12.3%)	492 (70.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	77 (11.0%)	10.9	1347^th of 1526 public elementary schools	11.7%		8.1	1393^rd of 1534 public elementary schools	9.2%	46				30.1	14.1	24.4				21.9	44.5		44.5	15.9	12.2	26.4				18.3	$13,773	$2,297	$11,476
Harrison-Morton Middle School	Public	6-8	137 N 2nd St	Allentown	18101	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-5701	667	53	12.5	100.0%	55 (8.2%)	67 (10.0%)	512 (76.8%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.7%)	9.2	809^th of 891 public middle schools	9.2%		11.3	778^th of 893 public middle schools	12.9%	31							5.9	7.5	1.0	4.8		20.0	20.0				19.1	21.7	18.4	19.7	$17,298	$2,885	$14,413
Francis D Raub Middle School	Public	6-8	102 S Saint Cloud St	Allentown	18104	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-5301	877	57	15.3	100.1%	39 (4.4%)	109 (12.4%)	680 (77.5%)	10 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.2%)	8.2	820^th of 891 public middle schools	8.0%		7.2	849^th of 893 public middle schools	4.9%	29							12.4	4.0	1.5	5.8		12.8	12.8				19.3	16.5	15.6	17.1	$14,391	$2,400	$11,990
South Mountain Middle School	Public	6-8	709 W Emaus Ave	Allentown	18103	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4301	966	64	15.0	100.0%	65 (6.7%)	118 (12.2%)	719 (74.4%)	11 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (5.4%)	14.3	744^th of 891 public middle schools	16.5%		10.4	790^th of 893 public middle schools	11.5%	46							14.3	8.7	3.3	8.8		22.7	22.7				28.5	25.2	28.8	27.6	$16,628	$2,774	$13,855
William Allen High School	Public	9-12	106 N 17th St	Allentown	18104	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-5001	2,984	154	19.3	102.1%	155 (5.2%)	418 (14.0%)	2,233 (74.8%)	27 (0.9%)	4 (0.1%)	4 (0.1%)	143 (4.8%)	10.4	595^th of 686 public high schools	13.3%		12.8	584^th of 674 public high schools	13.4%	11	10.1	18.5	40.0																		$14,155	$2,361	$11,794
Louis E Dieruff High School	Public	9-12	815 N Irving St	Allentown	18109	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-5501	1,857	109	17.0	101.5%	167 (9.0%)	231 (12.4%)	1,351 (72.8%)	15 (0.8%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	88 (4.7%)	19.6	559^th of 686 public high schools	18.5%		15.9	573^rd of 674 public high schools	15.0%	14	19.3	23.5	50.0																		$16,105	$2,686	$13,418
Trexler Middle School	Public	6-8	851 N 15th St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4601	814	58	14.0	100.0%	42 (5.2%)	100 (12.3%)	635 (78.0%)	8 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.3%)	8.1	822^nd of 891 public middle schools	7.7%		11.4	777^th of 893 public middle schools	13.0%	45							6.0	4.8	2.6	4.3		14.1	14.1				22.1	18.6	15.8	18.7	$17,097	$2,852	$14,245
Sheridan Elementary School	Public	1-5	521 N 2nd St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4881	574	36	15.9	100.0%	50 (8.7%)	64 (11.1%)	421 (73.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.4%)	7.5	1402^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	8.1%		8.6	1383^rd of 1534 public elementary schools	9.8%	19				19.1	18.9	5.9				14.4	46.2		46.2	20.2	21.0	14.6				18.5	$13,817	$2,305	$11,512
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School	Public	K-5	1430 West Allen St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4841	699	44	16.0	100.0%	34 (4.9%)	64 (9.2%)	545 (78.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	51 (7.3%)	17.5	1250^th of 1526 public elementary schools	18.1%		15.6	1271^st of 1534 public elementary schools	17.1%	21				24.7	26.2	18.2				22.8	60.7		60.7	34.4	31.8	28.6				31.5	$16,765	$2,796	$13,969
Building 21 Allentown	Public, Magnet	9-12	265 Lehigh St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(484) 765-4400	411	26	15.7	100.0%	23 (5.6%)	45 (10.9%)	324 (78.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	7.9	620^th of 686 public high schools	9.6%		6.3	623^rd of 674 public high schools	7.6%	3	10.5	6.0	39.3																		$15,890	$2,650	$13,239
Jackson Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	517 N 15th St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4700	262	15	17.4	100.0%	13 (5.0%)	24 (9.2%)	204 (77.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.0%)								(n/a)																					$17,786	$2,967	$14,819
Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School	Public	K-5	1227 W Gordon St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4000	806	52	15.4	100.0%	36 (4.5%)	60 (7.4%)	609 (75.6%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (11.8%)	6.1	1437^th of 1526 public elementary schools	5.8%		6.8	1428^th of 1534 public elementary schools	6.9%	9				14.9	9.0	8.4				10.9	49.5		49.5	17.5	11.6	17.6				16.0	$12,797	$2,134	$10,662

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Salisbury Township School District	1.1 mi	3	290^th
Arts Academy Elementary Charter School	1.51 mi	1	568^th
Roberto Clemente Charter School	1.54 mi	1
Arts Academy Charter School	2.42 mi	1	480^th
Executive Education Academy Charter School	2.99 mi	1

Allentown City School District

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