Washington El Sch

Washington El Sch operates as an intimate K-5 school in Allentown, Pennsylvania, overseen by Allentown City SD. Current enrollment sits at 362 students spanning grades 1 through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington El Sch reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school records 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington El Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.1%; this one comes in at 16.8%, -18.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lehigh County shows median household income runs about $80,079, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Washington El Sch is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays El Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington El Sch. On composite proficiency, Washington El Sch comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington El Sch has shrank 15%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025.

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