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Enrollment
695
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLENTOWN CITY SD·NCES 420228007364
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School
1430 West Allen St, Allentown, PA 18102 · (484) 765-4841 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
699 students
DISTRICT 102% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
36%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
18.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.0pp since 2023
Math
23.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 22.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Luis A. Ramos Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #1,201 of 1,396 | #33 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #1,250 of 1,511 ▼ 25 | #34 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,374 of 1,511 ▼ 123 | #35 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #143 of 1,638 | #2 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,417 of 1,528 | #44 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #850 of 1,531 | #42 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #279 of 1,600 | #8 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #1,034 of 1,045 | #23 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
695
+75 (+12%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 695 | 42.7 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 43.5 | 16.1:1 | 100% (699) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 100% (625) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 45 | 13.8:1 | 100% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 44.3 | 15.7:1 | 100% (697) |
| 2015-16 | 850 | 46 | 18.5:1 | 66% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 809 | 46 | 17.6:1 | 86% (699) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luis A. Ramos Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (697 to 695); teachers down 4% (44.3 to 42.7).
About Luis A. Ramos Elementary School
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School is a large elementary school with an address in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 695 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That is 57% above the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School is run by Allentown City SD, whose 23 schools enroll 16,674 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Luis A. Ramos Elementary School is 79%, a majority. The school is also 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% White. 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 36%.
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School has 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 3.2 students per teacher.
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The model predicts 34.5% for a school in Pennsylvania with Luis A. Ramos Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Luis A. Ramos Elementary School posts 28.1%.
For Lehigh County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $80,079, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 83 public schools in the county, enrolling about 56,984, Luis A. Ramos Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Jackson Early Childhood Center is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Luis A. Ramos Elementary School comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 12%, from 620 to 695. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.8:1 to 16.3:1.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allentown City SD
- William Allen High SchoolHigh · 3,074 students
- Louis E Dieruff High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
- South Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 972 students
- Francis D Raub Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
- Trexler Middle SchoolMiddle · 771 students
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
- Lincoln Leadership Academy CSCombined · 973 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Early Childhood Center0.0 mi · 212
- Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School0.3 mi · 807
- Trexler Middle School0.3 mi · 771
- William Allen High School0.5 mi · 3,074
- Ruby Bridge Childhood Center0.7 mi · 125
- Washington Elementary School0.7 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Luis A. Ramos Elementary SchoolHow large is Luis A. Ramos Elementary School?
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Luis A. Ramos Elementary School serve?
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Luis A. Ramos Elementary School have?
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Luis A. Ramos Elementary School?
Student demographics at Luis A. Ramos Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 79% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Luis A. Ramos Elementary School in?
Luis A. Ramos Elementary School is part of Allentown City SD.
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