Louis E. Dieruff High School

Louis E. Dieruff High School
Location
815 North Irving Street Allentown , Lehigh County , Pennsylvania 18109 United States
Coordinates	40°37′18″N 75°26′24″W / 40.62167°N 75.44°W / 40.62167; -75.44
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
School district	Allentown School District
Superintendent	Carol D. Birks
NCES School ID	420228002795[1]
Principal	Michael G. Makhoul
Faculty	106.5 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9th–12th
Enrollment	1,915[1] (2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio	17.98[1]
Campus type	Midsize city
Color(s)	Blue and Gray
Athletics conference	Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
Mascot	The Husky
Rival	Allen High School[2]
Website	drf.allentownsd.org

Louis E. Dieruff High School, typically referred to as Dieruff High School, is a large, urban public high school in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is located at 815 North Irving Street in Allentown. The school serves students in grades nine through 12 from the eastern and southern parts of the city and is part of the Allentown School District.

As of 2022-23, the school had 1,915 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. Dieruff High School students may choose to attend Lehigh Career and Technical Institute for vocational training in the trades. The Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit IU21 provides the district with various specialized education services, including education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services, and professional development for staff and faculty.

The school is named after Louis E. Dieruff, a noted educator in the Allentown School District. The school mascot is an Alaskan husky named "Kiska" in honor of ten men and women captured by the Japanese on the island of Kiska in 1942 during World War II, some of whom were Allentown servicemen.