Enrollment
296
Middle
STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARTS ACADEMY CS·NCES 420086007470
Arts Academy CS
1610 East Emmaus Avenue, Allentown, PA 18103 · (610) 351-0234 · Lehigh County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
276 students
STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 11 | 4% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 25% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
30.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.5pp since 2023
Math
4.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% | 4.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 5.2% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arts Academy CS
Arts Academy CS's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Academy CS this school | 296 | 93.2% | 24.9% |
| Reynolds Middle School Lancaster | 511 | 87.5% | 28.8% |
| Lincoln Middle School Lancaster | 465 | 94.4% | 24.3% |
| Wheatland Middle School Lancaster | 453 | 85.2% | 22.4% |
| Clemente Roberto Middle School Philadelphia | 259 | 78.4% | 5.0% |
| Jackson Middle School Lancaster | 524 | 84.5% | 15.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arts Academy CS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #436 of 479 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #495 of 513 ▼ 3 | #16 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #440 of 513 ▼ 22 | #13 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #434 of 522 | #16 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #104 of 486 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #52 of 486 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #147 of 510 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #70 of 332 | #1 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
296
-38 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 296 | 25.5 | 11.6:1 | 93% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 26.5 | 10.4:1 | 100% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 29 | 10.8:1 | 57% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 32 | 10.4:1 | 52% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 46% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 40% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arts Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (363 to 296); teachers down 18% (31 to 25.5).
About Arts Academy CS
Arts Academy CS is a low-enrollment middle school based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 296 students, and the grades served are 5 through 8. It has 50% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).
Arts Academy CS is its own local education agency in federal data.
The share of Hispanic students at Arts Academy CS is 53%, a majority. Other students are 21% Black, 18% White, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Lehigh County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
There are 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.6:1. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 1.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County is 23 points.
Arts Academy CS earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.6% for Arts Academy CS. The school posts 24.9%, 12.7 points below the prediction.
Census data for Lehigh County show median household income comes to about $80,079, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 83 public schools and about 56,984 students.
Measured in a straight line, Salisbury Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Arts Academy CS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Arts Academy CS ranks 5th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Arts Academy CS as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Arts Academy CS operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
The school's student count fell 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 11.6:1, from 10.4:1.
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Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Arts Academy CSHow large is Arts Academy CS?
Arts Academy CS enrolls approximately 296 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Arts Academy CS serve?
Arts Academy CS serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arts Academy CS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arts Academy CS is approximately 11.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Arts Academy CS?
Student demographics at Arts Academy CS are roughly 18% White, 53% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Arts Academy CS in?
Arts Academy CS is part of Arts Academy CS.
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