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Enrollment
973
Combined
STATE 1,819
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CS·NCES 420081906955
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS
1414 E. Cedar St., Allentown, PA 18109 · (484) 860-3300 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL973 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
74 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
755 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 76 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 70 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
31%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
30.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
16.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.1pp 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 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.9% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 13.4% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
973
+102 (+12%) vs 2020
+212% since 2010-11, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 973 | 74 | 13.2:1 | 78% (755) |
| 2023-24 | 909 | 66 | 13.8:1 | 83% (755) |
| 2022-23 | 899 | 73 | 12.3:1 | 96% (860) |
| 2020-21 | 871 | 62 | 14.1:1 | 98% (850) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 51 | 14.4:1 | 53% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 43 | 14.0:1 | 100% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 83% (258) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Leadership Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (735 to 973); teachers up 45% (51 to 74).
About Lincoln Leadership Academy CS
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS is a public low-enrollment combined-grade school in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 12, with 973 students enrolled. The average among combined schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 1,819 students; this school is 47% smaller than that.
Federal records list Lincoln Leadership Academy CS as its own district.
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS's enrollment is 82% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 13% Black and 4% White. Census figures show Lehigh County is about 28% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 13.2 students per teacher and 74 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.5:1 average for combined schools in Pennsylvania. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of Pennsylvania public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS is 22.5 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Census estimates describe Lehigh County this way: the median household income is $80,079, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Lehigh County has 83 public schools and roughly 56,984 students.
Ritter Elementary School is located about 0.1 miles from Lincoln Leadership Academy CS. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Lincoln Leadership Academy CS is behind the 26.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Lincoln Leadership Academy CS is run as a public charter school.
The school enrolled 973 students in 2024-25, 102 more than the 871 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lincoln Leadership Academy CS covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Allentown
- Parkland High SchoolHigh · 3,279 students
- William Allen High SchoolHigh · 3,074 students
- Louis E Dieruff High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
- Executive Education Academy CSCombined · 1,497 students
- Springhouse Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
- South Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 972 students
Nearby schools
- Ritter Elementary School0.1 mi · 463
- Louis E Dieruff High School0.4 mi · 1,914
- Sonia Sotomayor Dual Lang Immersion Academy0.6 mi · 112
- Executive Education Academy CS1.0 mi · 1,497
- Mosser Elementary School1.2 mi · 551
- Clearview Elementary School1.3 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Leadership Academy CSWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Leadership Academy CS?
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS enrolls approximately 973 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Lincoln Leadership Academy CS serve?
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Leadership Academy CS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Leadership Academy CS is approximately 13.2:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Leadership Academy CS?
Student demographics at Lincoln Leadership Academy CS are roughly 4% White, 82% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Leadership Academy CS public or private?
Lincoln Leadership Academy CS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Lincoln Leadership Academy CS.
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