Kratzer Sch

Kratzer Sch, a moderately sized K-5 school in Allentown, Pennsylvania, part of Parkland SD, serves 510 students, covering grades K through 5.

Parkland SD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 9,975 students. Kratzer Sch is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kratzer Sch shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 30% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Kratzer Sch logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Kratzer Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lehigh County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Kratzer Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.6%.

Across the wider county, Lehigh County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,079, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Kratzer Sch is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

The closest other public school is Muhlenberg El Sch, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kratzer Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kratzer Sch at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kratzer Sch's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 455 (now 510). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 63% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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