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Allentown City School District

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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, the total Allentown City School District population is 118,036. Allentown City School District median household income is $36,202 in 2006-2010. Allentown City School District median house value is $143,500 in 2006-2010. On average, Allentown City School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (483 out of 496, bottom 3%) Elementary/Middle School: (483 out of 498, bottom 3%)* Rank: #641
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	22
Population	118,036 (2010), rank #3
Population Growth	10.08% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	6,548.40/sq mi, rank #11
Median Household Income:	$36,202 at 2006-2010—-0.69% increase since 2005-2009, rank #444
Median House Price:	$143,500 at 2006-2010—4.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #211
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

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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

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	17,465	17,766	17,892
English Language Learner Students:	2,054	2,234	2,173
Total Teachers:	1,161.16	1,158.10	954.40
Prekindergarten:	10.80	7.00	6.00
Kindergarten:	44.20	44.00	32.00
Elementary:	489.55	511.00	471.90
Secondary:	504.51	502.80	386.20
Ungraded:	112.10	93.30	58.30
Total Other Staff:	1,054.70	1,026.50	1,039.40
Instructional Aides:	257.50	252.50	243.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.00	4.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	31.00	31.00	29.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	13.00	16.00	15.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	18.00	15.00	14.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	15.00	15.00	13.00
Library/Media Support:	22.00	21.00	15.00
District Administrators:	10.00	5.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	50.00	50.00	30.50
School Administrators:	59.50	56.50	50.00
School Administrative Support:	181.50	177.50	151.00
Student Support Services:	148.20	141.00	235.40
Other Support Services:	276.00	273.00	262.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.04	15.34	18.75

Schools

Central Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	829 West Turner St, Allentown PA 18102
Cleveland Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 5	424 North 9th St, Allentown PA 18102
Francis D Raub Middle School	Grade 5 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
Jackson Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	517 North 15th St, Allentown PA 18102
Jefferson Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	750 Saint John St, Allentown PA 18103
Lehigh Park 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
Mckinley Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	1124 West Turner St, Allentown PA 18102
Midway Manor Early Chld Center	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	2020 East Pennsylvania St, Allentown PA 18109
Mosser Elementary School	Kindergarten 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	740 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 Emmaus Ave, Allentown PA 18103
Trexler Middle School	Grade 5 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	126 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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$208,594,000	$11,741		$198,570,000	$11,098		$186,195,000	$10,020
Federal:	$21,877,000	$1,231	10.5%	$23,972,000	$1,340	12.1%	$20,503,000	$1,103	11.0%
State:	$115,070,000	$6,477	55.2%	$92,848,000	$5,189	46.8%	$82,286,000	$4,428	44.2%
Local:	$71,647,000	$4,033	34.3%	$81,750,000	$4,569	41.2%	$83,406,000	$4,488	44.8%
Total Expenditures:	$257,105,000	$14,472		$199,559,000	$11,154		$175,134,000	$9,424
Total Current Expenditures:	$172,187,000	$9,692		$159,491,000	$8,914		$150,977,000	$8,124
Instructional Expenditures:	$108,433,000	$6,103	63.0%	$99,421,000	$5,557	62.3%	$95,717,000	$5,151	63.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$20,064,000	$1,129	11.7%	$19,254,000	$1,076	12.1%	$17,545,000	$944	11.6%
Administration:	$15,967,000	$899	9.3%	$15,136,000	$846	9.5%	$13,947,000	$751	9.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$27,723,000	$1,560	16.1%	$25,680,000	$1,435	16.1%	$23,768,000	$1,279	15.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$54,957,000	$3,093		$14,724,000	$823		$757,000	$41
Construction:	$53,240,000	$2,997		$9,961,000	$557		$0	$0
Total Other:	$3,578,000	$201		$3,516,000	$197		$4,160,000	$224
Interest on Debt:	$3,987,000	$224		$2,772,000	$155		$2,445,000	$132

Total Salary:	$104,109,000	$5,860		$96,135,000	$5,373		$92,976,000	$5,003
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$74,857,000	$4,213	71.9%	$69,317,000	$3,874	72.1%	$67,267,000	$3,620	72.3%
Other Salary:	$29,252,000	$1,647	28.1%	$26,818,000	$1,499	27.9%	$25,709,000	$1,383	27.7%
Total Benefit:	$33,338,000	$1,877		$33,570,000	$1,876		$32,289,000	$1,738
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$23,439,000	$1,319	70.3%	$23,887,000	$1,335	71.2%	$22,897,000	$1,232	70.9%
Other Benefit:	$9,899,000	$557	29.7%	$9,683,000	$541	28.8%	$9,392,000	$505	29.1%

* 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.