Parkland HS

Parkland HS is a secondary school of heavily attended scale in Allentown, Pennsylvania, run under Parkland SD, works with 3,279 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Parkland HS sits 344% above that benchmark.

Parkland SD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,975 students; Parkland HS is among them.

On the student-mix side, Parkland HS lists that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 202 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lehigh County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Parkland HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lehigh County) logs that median household earnings sit near $80,079, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lehigh County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), Parkland HS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Orefield MS, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkland HS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

Parkland HS operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkland HS has remained close to its prior level, going from 3,216 students in 2018 to 3,279 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 56% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.