USA.com / Pennsylvania / Allentown City School District

Allentown City School District

Basic InfoPopulation/RacesIncome/CareersHousingEducationOthers

Allentown City School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Allentown City School District has 17.55 square miles of land area and 0.48 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Allentown City School District population is 118,793. Allentown City School District median household income is $36,578 in 2010-2014. Allentown City School District median house value is $128,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Allentown City School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (484 out of 496, bottom 2%) Elementary/Middle School: (483 out of 498, bottom 3%)* Rank: #487
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	21
Population	118,793 (2010-2014), rank #3
Population Growth	10.79% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	6,590.40/sq mi, rank #11
Median Household Income:	$36,578 at 2010-2014—0.34% increase since 2005-2009, rank #471
Median House Price:	$128,700 at 2010-2014—-6.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #286
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	17.55 sq mi, rank #404
Water Area:	0.48 sq mi (2.65%), rank #257
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lehigh County
City:	Allentown
Zip:	18104, 18102, 18101, 18109, 18103, 18105
Area:	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

Hot Rankings

Fastest / Slowest Growing Cities Nearby

Best / Worst Cities by Crime Rate Nearby

Richest / Poorest Cities by Income Nearby

Expensive / Cheapest Homes Nearby

Most / Least Educated Cities Nearby

The Richest School Districts Nearby

House Price of School Districts Nearby

Allentown City School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

31 South Penn St

Allentown PA, 18105, Lehigh County

Phone: 484-765-4000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	17,006	16,966	17,560	17,637	17,465	17,766	17,892
English Language Learner Students:	1,804	1,901	2,035	2,050	2,054	2,234	2,173
Total Teachers:	975.82	1,053.50	1,060.92	1,218.60	1,161.16	1,158.10	954.40
Prekindergarten:	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	10.80	7.00	6.00
Kindergarten:	39.50	42.00	48.64	51.00	44.20	44.00	32.00
Elementary:	458.44	473.00	470.28	547.50	489.55	511.00	471.90
Secondary:	357.00	424.00	424.00	482.99	504.51	502.80	386.20
Ungraded:	114.88	108.50	112.00	130.11	112.10	93.30	58.30
Total Other Staff:	945.16	1,218.00	1,212.68	1,197.60	1,054.70	1,026.50	1,039.40
Instructional Aides:	269.00	301.00	301.00	298.00	257.50	252.50	243.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	49.00	49.00	51.00	49.00	31.00	31.00	29.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	16.00	16.00	16.00	15.00	13.00	16.00	15.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	33.00	33.00	35.00	34.00	18.00	15.00	14.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.00	11.00	11.00	19.00	15.00	15.00	13.00
Library/Media Support:	24.00	23.00	23.00	30.00	22.00	21.00	15.00
District Administrators:	1.00	1.00	2.00	4.00	10.00	5.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	63.00	69.00	69.00	67.00	50.00	50.00	30.50
School Administrators:	46.16	60.00	60.79	67.01	59.50	56.50	50.00
School Administrative Support:	132.00	134.00	134.00	127.00	181.50	177.50	151.00
Student Support Services:	NA	168.00	158.89	128.59	148.20	141.00	235.40
Other Support Services:	356.00	400.00	399.00	405.00	276.00	273.00	262.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.43	16.10	16.55	14.47	15.04	15.34	18.75

Schools

Central Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	829 West Turner St, Allentown PA 18102
Cleveland Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	424 North 9th St, Allentown PA 18102
Francis D Raub Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	102 South Saint Cloud St, Allentown PA 18104
Harrison-Morton Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	137 North 2nd St, Allentown PA 18101
Hiram W Dodd Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1944 South Church St, Allentown PA 18103
Jefferson Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	750 Saint John St, Allentown PA 18103
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1708 Coronado St, Allentown PA 18103
Lincoln Early Chld Center	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	1402 West Walnut St, Allentown PA 18102
Louis E Dieruff High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	815 North Irving St, Allentown PA 18109
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1430 West Allen St, Allentown PA 18102
Mckinley Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	1124 West Turner St, Allentown PA 18102
Mosser Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	129 South Dauphin St, Allentown PA 18109
Muhlenberg Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	740 North 21st St, Allentown PA 18104
Ritter Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	790 North Plymouth St, Allentown PA 18109
Roosevelt Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	210 West Susquehanna St, Allentown PA 18103
Sheridan Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	521 North 2nd St, Allentown PA 18102
South Mountain Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	709 West Emaus Ave, Allentown PA 18103
Trexler Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	851 North 15th St, Allentown PA 18102
Union Terrace Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1939 West Union St, Allentown PA 18104
Washington Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	837 North 9th St, Allentown PA 18102
William Allen High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	106 North 17th St, Allentown PA 18104

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	27.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	22.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	23.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	27.4%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	31.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	30%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	41.9%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	39.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	39.7%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	34.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	12.3%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	11.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	13%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	10%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	9.5%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.7%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	35.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	42%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.7%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.6%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.5%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	34.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	35.8%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.9%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.6%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	37.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	35.1%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.3%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	39.4%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	34.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.4%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.1%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	21.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	43.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	49.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.2%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$233,150,000	$13,277		$233,892,000	$13,261		$217,585,000	$12,458
Federal:	$32,102,000	$1,828	13.8%	$42,793,000	$2,426	18.3%	$29,346,000	$1,680	13.5%
State:	$121,433,000	$6,915	52.1%	$113,965,000	$6,462	48.7%	$113,694,000	$6,510	52.3%
Local:	$79,615,000	$4,534	34.1%	$77,134,000	$4,373	33.0%	$74,545,000	$4,268	34.3%
Total Expenditures:	$236,823,000	$13,487		$253,127,000	$14,352		$267,186,000	$15,298
Total Current Expenditures:	$189,494,000	$10,791		$189,106,000	$10,722		$173,822,000	$9,953
Instructional Expenditures:	$122,316,000	$6,966	64.5%	$121,093,000	$6,866	64.0%	$110,632,000	$6,334	63.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$19,261,000	$1,097	10.2%	$21,390,000	$1,213	11.3%	$19,861,000	$1,137	11.4%
Administration:	$20,743,000	$1,181	10.9%	$17,794,000	$1,009	9.4%	$16,707,000	$957	9.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$27,174,000	$1,547	14.3%	$28,829,000	$1,635	15.2%	$26,622,000	$1,524	15.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$7,341,000	$418		$26,152,000	$1,483		$56,397,000	$3,229
Construction:	$6,804,000	$387		$25,682,000	$1,456		$55,260,000	$3,164
Total Other:	$3,103,000	$177		$4,367,000	$248		$4,109,000	$235
Interest on Debt:	$6,779,000	$386		$7,409,000	$420		$6,644,000	$380

Total Salary:	$113,234,000	$6,448		$116,592,000	$6,611		$110,223,000	$6,311
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$81,995,000	$4,669	72.4%	$83,255,000	$4,720	71.4%	$78,544,000	$4,497	71.3%
Other Salary:	$31,239,000	$1,779	27.6%	$33,337,000	$1,890	28.6%	$31,679,000	$1,814	28.7%
Total Benefit:	$45,081,000	$2,567		$41,732,000	$2,366		$33,605,000	$1,924
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$32,201,000	$1,834	71.4%	$29,640,000	$1,681	71.0%	$23,564,000	$1,349	70.1%
Other Benefit:	$12,880,000	$733	28.6%	$12,092,000	$686	29.0%	$10,041,000	$575	29.9%

* Allentown City School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.