The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in English language arts. The lowest is 17% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lincoln Leadership Academy Cs
Lincoln Leadership Academy is a full-spectrum kindergarten through twelfth-grade charter school in Allentown serving approximately nine hundred students. The school draws its population primarily from the city and the immediate region; it is a Title I eligible school with a substantial majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller populations of Black, white, and other students represented.
The school's recent capital expansion is notable. The charter opened a dedicated grades 4-8 building in 2025, featuring twenty-five new classrooms designed for collaborative learning. This addition meaningfully increases capacity for upper-elementary and middle-grade families and signals the organization's intention to grow and deepen its academic footprint in Allentown.
On state assessments administered to grades three through eight, Lincoln Leadership's proficiency results are below the county median. In English language arts, about a third of tested students achieved proficiency or better. Mathematics performance is considerably lower, with roughly one in six students meeting the proficiency threshold. When proficiency across tested subjects is averaged together, the school sits in the bottom quartile among the nineteen districts in Lehigh County. The data does not include a graduation rate, so the school's high school outcomes are not available here. Data on the share of students with individualized education plans and English learners was not reported.
The school is situated on East Cedar Street in a densely populated section of Allentown, a city in the midst of active downtown revitalization anchored by a neighborhood improvement district that has attracted more than a billion dollars in private investment over the past decade. Downtown Allentown is highly walkable, with Hamilton Street and the surrounding Arts District offering pedestrian-friendly access to cultural venues, restaurants, and services. Major employers in the region include Lehigh Valley Health Network, the dominant healthcare system, as well as Air Products and PPL Corporation. The area's economy has shifted from its industrial past toward health care, manufacturing, and logistics. Housing values in the eighteen-one-zero-nine zip code are appreciating modestly year over year, and rents have risen at a slightly faster pace, though both remain below state and national medians. The Allentown Public Library and extensive LANta bus transit serve the community.
For families choosing Lincoln Leadership, the school offers continuity across the K-12 band with a recently expanded middle-grades program. The very low proficiency results warrant a parent's close look into the school's curriculum, instruction, and support systems to understand what is driving the gap and whether the school's approach aligns with their child's needs. The school's high concentration of economically disadvantaged students and high proportion of Hispanic learners reflect the demographics of Allentown itself; parents should ask the school directly about language supports and how it serves multilingual learners, since that enrollment data was not available in state records.
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