Ruby Bridge Childhood Center

Ruby Bridge Childhood Center operates as a rural-scale elementary campus in Allentown, Pennsylvania, part of Allentown City SD. Current enrollment sits at 125 students spanning grades pre-K through K. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Ruby Bridge Childhood Center sits 72% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 23 schools in Allentown City SD (16,674 students total), Ruby Bridge Childhood Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ruby Bridge Childhood Center records that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 11% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Ruby Bridge Childhood Center has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lehigh County) shows 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%. Ruby Bridge Childhood Center is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

The closest other public school is Francis D Raub MS, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ruby Bridge Childhood Center.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

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