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How has Francis D Raub MS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
876
Middle
DISTRICT 831 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLENTOWN CITY SD·NCES 420228002792
Francis D Raub Middle School
102 S Saint Cloud St, Allentown, PA 18104 · (484) 765-5301 · Lehigh County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
878 students
DISTRICT 102% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 6 | 277 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 285 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 36% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
12.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
5.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.7% | 5.8% |
| 2023-24 | 17.1% | 5.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Francis D Raub Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #470 of 479 | #16 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.8% | #492 of 513 ▼ 4 | #15 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #504 of 513 ▼ 4 | #17 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #80 of 522 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #396 of 486 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #224 of 486 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #71 of 510 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #106 of 131 | N/A |
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
876
-94 (-10%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 876 | 59 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 877 | 57.3 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 909 | 53.5 | 17.0:1 | 100% (909) |
| 2020-21 | 970 | 55 | 17.6:1 | 100% (967) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 100% (857) |
| 2015-16 | 864 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 71% (614) |
| 2010-11 | 902 | 69 | 13.1:1 | 93% (837) |
| 2000-01 | 913 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 88% (799) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 51 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Francis D Raub Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (859 to 876); teachers up 7% (55 to 59).
About Francis D Raub Middle School
Francis D Raub Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves part of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The school counts 876 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 47% bigger than the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Francis D Raub Middle School is one school in Allentown City SD, a system of 23 schools with 16,674 students.
By race and ethnicity, Francis D Raub Middle School is 75% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 13% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. Census figures show Lehigh County is about 28% Hispanic. Francis D Raub Middle School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Francis D Raub Middle School counts 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.8 students for each one. Among middle schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.2:1.
Francis D Raub Middle School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Francis D Raub Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.6%. The school's actual rate is 10.7%, 24.0 points lower.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lehigh County show that median household income is about $80,079, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 83 public schools in Lehigh County, with a combined enrollment of about 56,984.
Union Terrace Elementary School is the public school closest to Francis D Raub Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Francis D Raub Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 24.6% on proficiency, and Francis D Raub Middle School is below that at 10.7%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Federal counts put enrollment at 970 in 2020-21 and 876 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2020-21 to 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Quick facts
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Other schools in Allentown
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- Louis E Dieruff High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
- Executive Education Academy CSCombined · 1,497 students
- Springhouse Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
- Lincoln Leadership Academy CSCombined · 973 students
Nearby schools
- Union Terrace Elementary School0.2 mi · 674
- William Allen High School0.3 mi · 3,074
- Ruby Bridge Childhood Center0.4 mi · 125
- Jackson Early Childhood Center0.8 mi · 212
- Luis A. Ramos Elementary School0.8 mi · 695
- Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School0.8 mi · 807
Frequently asked questions
About Francis D Raub Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Francis D Raub Middle School?
Francis D Raub Middle School enrolls approximately 876 students in grades 06-08.
Is Francis D Raub Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Francis D Raub Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Francis D Raub Middle School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Francis D Raub Middle School.
How diverse is Francis D Raub Middle School?
Francis D Raub Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 75% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Francis D Raub Middle School?
Francis D Raub Middle School is overseen by Allentown City SD in Lehigh County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.