Allentown School District

Allentown School District
Location of Allentown School District in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Address
31 South Penn Street
Allentown
, Pennsylvania, 18105
United States
Coordinates40°36′11″N 75°27′57″W / 40.60315°N 75.46597°W / 40.60315; -75.46597 (ASD Administration offices)
District information
TypePublic
GradesPre-K–12
Schools22, including Allen High School and Dieruff High School
Budget$344.388 million
NCES District ID4202280[1]
Students and staff
Students15,999 (2022-23)
Teachers1,043.0 (on an FTE basis)
Student–teacher ratio15.33
Athletic conferenceEastern Pennsylvania Conference
Other information
Websitewww.allentownsd.org
Allentown School District serves public school students in Allentown, the third-largest city in Pennsylvania and county seat of Lehigh County
A 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 1965
William Allen High School in 2008
J. 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 Schools
J. 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 district includes almost all of Allentown.[3]

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.[4] In 2009, the per capita income was $16,282 and median family income was $37,356[5] compared to a Pennsylvania median family income of $49,501[6] and overall U.S. median family income of $49,445 as of the 2010 census.[7]

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 [8] High school students in Allentown School District may choose to attend Lehigh Career and Technical Institute for vocational training.

  1. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Allentown School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. ^ "Our District at Allentown School District website, retrieved May 7, 2022
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lehigh County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-08-08. - Text list
  4. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  5. ^ American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009
  6. ^ "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". US Census Bureau. 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
  7. ^ "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF). US Census Bureau. September 2011.
  8. ^ "Allentown City SD". Future Ready PA Index. Pennsylvania Department of Education. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2019.