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Lehighton Area School District

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Lehighton Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Lehighton Area School District has 64.89 square miles of land area and 0.83 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lehighton Area School District population is 17,797. Lehighton Area School District median household income is $50,349 in 2010-2014. Lehighton Area School District median house value is $163,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Lehighton Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (361 out of 496, bottom 27%) Elementary/Middle School: (281 out of 498, bottom 44%)* Rank: #327
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	17,797 (2010-2014), rank #237
Population Growth	-2.35% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	270.79/sq mi, rank #269
Median Household Income:	$50,349 at 2010-2014—-1.49% increase since 2005-2009, rank #256
Median House Price:	$163,300 at 2010-2014—9.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #177
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	64.89 sq mi, rank #243
Water Area:	0.83 sq mi (1.26%), rank #180
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Carbon County
City:	Weissport, Parryville, Andreas, Lehighton, Palmerton, Weissport East, Ashfield
Zip:	18235, 18244, 18071, 18211, 18212
Area:	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

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Lehighton Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1000 Union St

Lehighton PA, 18235, Carbon County

Phone: 610-377-4490

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,369	2,373	2,347	2,389	2,456	2,483	2,568
English Language Learner Students:	10	11	16	0	14	15	11
Total Teachers:	176.00	179.00	179.00	179.50	183.00	186.20	186.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	12.00	11.00	9.00	11.00	12.00	13.00	12.00
Elementary:	57.00	59.00	63.00	62.00	63.00	59.80	62.80
Secondary:	88.00	88.00	88.00	87.50	89.00	92.60	89.40
Ungraded:	19.00	21.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	20.80	21.80
Total Other Staff:	159.00	172.00	173.00	178.00	167.50	169.50	159.00
Instructional Aides:	41.00	44.00	44.00	44.00	50.00	51.00	55.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	15.00	14.00	14.00	13.00	13.00	11.00	12.00
School Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
Student Support Services:	NA	3.00	3.00	4.00	6.00	1.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	67.00	73.00	73.00	79.00	59.50	67.50	52.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.46	13.26	13.11	13.31	13.42	13.34	13.81

Schools

East Penn Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	496 West Lizard Creek Rd, Lehighton PA 18235
Franklin Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1122 Fairyland Rd, Lehighton PA 18235
Lehighton Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1 Indian Ln, Lehighton PA 18235
Lehighton Area Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	301 Beaver Run Rd, Lehighton PA 18235
Mahoning Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	2466 Mahoning Dr East, Lehighton PA 18235
Shull-David Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	200 Beaver Run Rd, Lehighton PA 18235

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.7%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.4%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.9%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.6%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$35,476,000	$15,115		$36,637,000	$15,336		$35,837,000	$14,592
Federal:	$1,019,000	$434	2.9%	$2,703,000	$1,131	7.4%	$2,362,000	$962	6.6%
State:	$13,186,000	$5,618	37.2%	$13,047,000	$5,461	35.6%	$12,996,000	$5,292	36.3%
Local:	$21,271,000	$9,063	60.0%	$20,887,000	$8,743	57.0%	$20,479,000	$8,338	57.1%
Total Expenditures:	$33,023,000	$14,070		$30,640,000	$12,825		$30,457,000	$12,401
Total Current Expenditures:	$27,855,000	$11,868		$25,749,000	$10,778		$26,163,000	$10,653
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,053,000	$7,692	64.8%	$16,480,000	$6,898	64.0%	$16,844,000	$6,858	64.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,784,000	$760	6.4%	$1,786,000	$748	6.9%	$1,813,000	$738	6.9%
Administration:	$2,913,000	$1,241	10.5%	$2,549,000	$1,067	9.9%	$2,710,000	$1,103	10.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,105,000	$2,175	18.3%	$4,934,000	$2,065	19.2%	$4,796,000	$1,953	18.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$529,000	$225		$568,000	$238		$574,000	$234
Construction:	$169,000	$72		$102,000	$43		$123,000	$50
Total Other:	$263,000	$112		$326,000	$136		$341,000	$139
Interest on Debt:	$265,000	$113		$358,000	$150		$396,000	$161

Total Salary:	$14,951,000	$6,370		$14,717,000	$6,160		$14,536,000	$5,919
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$11,119,000	$4,738	74.4%	$10,914,000	$4,568	74.2%	$10,638,000	$4,331	73.2%
Other Salary:	$3,832,000	$1,633	25.6%	$3,803,000	$1,592	25.8%	$3,898,000	$1,587	26.8%
Total Benefit:	$8,395,000	$3,577		$6,607,000	$2,766		$6,409,000	$2,610
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,277,000	$2,674	74.8%	$4,878,000	$2,042	73.8%	$4,749,000	$1,934	74.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,118,000	$902	25.2%	$1,729,000	$724	26.2%	$1,660,000	$676	25.9%

* Lehighton Area School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.