Roberto Clemente Charter School is a small, urban, public charter school located in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The school is located at 4th and Walnut Streets in Allentown. It serves students in grades 6 through 12.
| Roberto Clemente Charter School | |
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| Location | |
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136 South Fourth Street , 18102 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°36′04″N 75°27′53″W / 40.6012°N 75.4647°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public (Charter) |
| Established | 2000 |
| School board | Seven trustees locally appointed |
| NCES School ID | 420006807636[1] |
| Principal | Damian Romero (2013-2022) Taren Kobyra (2022-present) |
| Faculty | 44.65 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Enrollment | 628[1] (2022–23[2]) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.06[1] |
| Language | Spanish and English |
| Campus type | Midsize city |
| Website | www |
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 628 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. Approximately 94% of the students then enrolled at Roberto Clemente Charter School were Hispanic.
In 2011, Roberto Clemente Charter School applied to the Allentown School Board to broaden its program to include kindergarten through 5th grades. The application was denied by the Allentown School Board 5 against-4 vote.[3] The Charter School's board appealed to the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal Board, which in August 2013 reversed the Allentown School Board's denial decision, allowing the expansion of the charter school. In March 2014, Roberto Clemente Charter School reached an agreement to purchase a school building on Cedar Street in Allentown.
Roberto Clemente Charter School is named for Roberto Clemente, a 12-time Gold Glove Award winner with the Pittsburgh Pirates whose Major League Baseball career was cut short by his 1972 death in a plane crash.
Roberto Clemente Charter School is one of four public charter schools operating in Lehigh County in 2013. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, in 2012, there were 50,605 children in Lehigh County who were enrolled in public charter schools.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Roberto Clemente Charter School (420006807636)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ National Center for Education Statistics (2011). "Common Core of Data - Roberto Clemente Charter School".
- ^ Colin McEvoy (August 14, 2012). "Roberto Clemente Charter School fighting Allentown School Board's rejection of proposed expansion". The Express-Times.
- ^ Pennsylvania Department of Education, Charter School Enrollment 2012-13, 2013