22, including Allen High School and Dieruff High School
Budget
$344.388 million
NCES District ID
4202280[1]
Students and staff
Students
15,999 (2022-23)
Teachers
1,043.0 (on an FTE basis)
Student–teacher ratio
15.33
Athletic conference
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
Other information
Website
www.allentownsd.org
Allentown School District serves public school students in Allentown, the third-largest city in Pennsylvania and county seat of Lehigh CountyA 1948 photograph of Louis Edgar Dieruff, an Allentown School District administrator and school board member; Louis E. Dieruff High School was named for him in 1956.An aerial photo of Allentown School District offices in 1965William Allen High School in 2008J. Birney Crum Stadium, the largest high school football stadium in the Mid-Atlantic United States and home football field for both of Allentown's large public high schools, Allen and Dieruff High SchoolsJ. Milo Sewards Gymnasium at Allen High School in February 2021
The Allentown School District is a large, urban public school district located in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The district is the fourth-largest school district in Pennsylvania as of the 2016-17 school year.[2]
The school district includes two large urban public high schools, Allen High School and Dieruff High School, each based in Allentown, for ninth through 12th grades. As of the 2022-23 school year, 15,999 students attend its 22 schools, according to data released by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school district encompasses approximately 17 square miles (44 km2). As of the 2020 census, the Allentown School District serves a resident population of 125,845.[3] In 2009, the per capita income was $16,282 and median family income was $37,356[4] compared to a Pennsylvania median family income of $49,501[5] and overall U.S. median family income of $49,445 as of the 2010 census.[6]
The school district's demographics, as of 2016-17, are 9.9% White, 14.5% Black, 70.9% Hispanic, 1.3% Asian, and 0.2% Native American [7] High school students in Allentown School District may choose to attend Lehigh Career and Technical Institute for vocational training.
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"Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Allentown School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
^"Our District at Allentown School District website, retrieved May 7, 2022
^US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
^American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009
^"American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". US Census Bureau. 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
^"Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF). US Census Bureau. September 2011.
^"Allentown City SD". Future Ready PA Index. Pennsylvania Department of Education. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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