Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts

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Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
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Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
321 East 3rd Street

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18105

United States
Coordinates 40°36′43″N75°22′31″W / 40.6120491027832°N 75.37539672851562°W / 40.6120491027832; -75.37539672851562
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Type Charter school
EstablishedSeptember 2003
NCES District ID 4200099 [1]
PresidentChristina Lincoln, Superintendent and CEO
PrincipalJennifer Levernier
Faculty55.79 (on an FTE basis)
Number of students563 (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio10.09
Campus typeSmall City
Website www.charterarts.org

Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, or Charter Arts, is an audition-based, tuition-free public charter school located in downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2022-23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 563 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

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The school first opened in September 2003 under the name Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts or LVPA prior to changing to its current name in 2012, abbreviated LVCA. Students major in one of seven artistic areas: dance, theatre, instrumental music, vocal music, visual art, literary arts, or production arts. As of the 2019-2020 school year, figure skating is no longer a major.

Students commute to the school daily from over 40 surrounding Pennsylvania school districts.

The school has core courses at the College Preparatory (CP), Honors, and Advanced Placement (AP) levels. The course catalog consists of more than 200 courses ranging from traditional core courses to comprehensive courses in the arts. Advanced placement courses are available in English, Math, American History, Science, Art History, Music Theory and Spanish.

In September 2015, the school opened a new 87,000 square-foot facility.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Lehigh Valley Charter School for the Arts". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.