Jefferson El Sch

Set in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Jefferson El Sch is a moderately sized elementary-level community, part of Allentown City SD. It educates 522 students across grades K through 5.

Within Allentown City SD, which oversees 23 schools and 16,674 students, Jefferson El Sch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Jefferson El Sch logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Jefferson El Sch records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 104% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lehigh County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.0%; this one delivers 24.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Lehigh County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,079 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Jefferson El Sch is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

Nearest neighbor: Building 21 Allentown, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson El Sch at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 18.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Jefferson El Sch's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 557 (now 522). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 68% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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