Schools · Allentown

Allentown, PA schools

33 public, charter and private schools in Allentown. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.

C-School Grade #739Best schools in PA (of 764)#1006Highest graduation rate in PA (of 1,035)

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Allentown’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Allentown’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 85% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresDGraduation

Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 15%

Lower resultsHigher results

Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (1,333)Better than 1%

High confidence. Built on 3,818 tested students and a graduating class of 1,401; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (Allentown City)10%

State average 37.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

77% graduate on time

Graduation rate

77%

PA: 87.5%

Graduating class

1,401

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #1006 of 1,035 PA towns →

Districts

The district serving Allentown

Allentown City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 23 schools · 16,674 students

$19,222 per studentPA $21,758C-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 33 schools in Allentown

Level

All 33 Elementary 17 Middle 4 High 3 Other 9

Type

All 33 Public 23 Charter 4 Private 6

Showing 1–30 of 33 schools

Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 807 students

Luis A. Ramos El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 695 students

Central El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 694 students

Union Terrace El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 674 students

Roosevelt El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 631 students

Hiram W Dodd El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 627 students

Muhlenberg El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 606 students

Sheridan El SchElementary · Grades 1–5 · 591 students

Mosser El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 551 students

Jefferson El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 522 students

Ritter El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 463 students

Arts Academy Elementary CSElementary · Grades K–5 · 425 students

Washington El SchElementary · Grades 1–5 · 362 students

Lehigh Parkway El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 276 students

Jackson Early Childhood CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 212 students

Ruby Bridge Childhood CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 125 students

Sonia Sotomayor Dual Lang Immersion AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 112 students

South Mountain MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 972 students

Francis D Raub MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 876 students

Trexler MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 771 students

Harrison-Morton MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 704 students

William Allen HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,074 students

Louis E Dieruff HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,914 students

Building 21 AllentownHigh · Grades 9–12 · 415 students

Executive Education Academy CSOther · Grades K–12 · 1,497 students

Lincoln Leadership Academy CSOther · Grades K–12 · 973 students

Roberto Clemente CSOther · Grades K–12 · 619 students

ALLENTOW CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.

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GRACE MONTESSORI SCHOOL

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.