Union Terrace El Sch

Union Terrace El Sch is one of the sizable elementary campuss in Allentown, Pennsylvania, part of Allentown City SD, with 674 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 52% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Allentown City SD runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 16,674 students. Union Terrace El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Union Terrace El Sch records that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Lehigh County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Union Terrace El Sch logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 113% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lehigh County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lehigh County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,079 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union Terrace El Sch is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

Nearest neighbor: Francis D Raub MS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Union Terrace El Sch.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union Terrace El Sch has remained close to its prior level, going from 669 students in 2018 to 674 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 18% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.