Muhlenberg El Sch

Located at 740 N 21st St, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg El Sch is a moderately sized K-5 school that instructs 606 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Allentown City SD. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Muhlenberg El Sch is one of 23 schools operated by Allentown City SD, a district that caters to 16,674 students overall.

Demographically, Muhlenberg El Sch lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 12% Black, 10% White, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Lehigh County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Muhlenberg El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.

In the surrounding community, Lehigh County reports that median household income runs about $80,079, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Muhlenberg El Sch is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

Nearest neighbor: William Allen HS, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Muhlenberg El Sch. On composite proficiency, Muhlenberg El Sch comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 35%: 448 students in 2018 compared to 606 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 21% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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