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Allentown City SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending

Allentown City SD runs 23 public schools with 16,769 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.9 students per teacher is 2.4 higher than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.

At a glance

Schools
23
Students
16,769
Teachers (FTE)
1,053
Students per teacher
15.9
PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
Address
31 S Penn Street, Allentown, PA 18105
Phone
(484)765-4000
County
Lehigh County
Locale
City: Midsize
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
4202280
State district ID
PA-121390302
Total staff (FTE)
2,179
School counselors (FTE)
51.0About 329 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
68.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district15.9
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (16,231), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$358.3 million
Federal revenue
$40.3 million
State revenue
$202.8 million
Local revenue
$115.3 million
Total spending
$338.7 million
Spending per pupil
$20,869
Salaries
$118.9 million35.1% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$204.0 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 11.3%
  • State: 56.6%
  • Local: 32.2%

Pennsylvania overall

  • Federal: 8.2%
  • State: 33.0%
  • Local: 58.7%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$20,869
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826

Schools in Allentown City SD

By level: 3 high, 4 middle, 16 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays El SchCEP schoolElementaryK to 580716.5
Building 21 AllentownCEP schoolHigh9 to 1241516.0
Central El SchCEP schoolElementaryPK to 569414.2
Francis D Raub Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 887614.8
Harrison-Morton Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 870413.5
Hiram W Dodd El SchCEP schoolElementaryK to 562716.1
Jackson Early Childhood CenterCEP schoolElementaryPK to K21213.2
Jefferson El SchCEP schoolElementaryK to 552214.9
Lehigh Parkway El SchCEP schoolElementaryK to 527615.3
Louis E Dieruff High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 121,91416.6
Luis A. Ramos El SchCEP schoolElementaryK to 569516.5
Mosser El SchCEP schoolElementaryPK to 555114.5
Muhlenberg El SchCEP schoolElementaryPK to 560619.5
Ritter El SchCEP schoolElementaryK to 546317.1
Roosevelt El SchCEP schoolElementaryPK to 563115.8
Ruby Bridge Childhood CenterCEP schoolElementaryPK to K12513.9
Sheridan El SchCEP schoolElementary1 to 559116.4
Sonia Sotomayor Dual Lang Immersion AcademyCEP schoolElementaryPK to 511218.7
South Mountain Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 897213.7
Trexler Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 877114.0
Union Terrace El SchCEP schoolElementaryPK to 567416.4
Washington El SchElementary1 to 536214.5
William Allen High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 123,07420.1

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.