Bethlehem Area School District

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Bethlehem Area School District
Map of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania with Bethlehem Area School District Highlighted.png
Location of the Bethlehem Area School District in Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania.
Address
1516 Sycamore Street

Bethlehem
,
Lehigh County, Northampton County
,
Pennsylvania
18017

United States
Information
TypePublic
Slogan"Shaping the Future. One Child at a Time."
Websitehttp://basdschools.org
Map of Bethlehem Area School District in relation to other districts in Northampton County
Map of portion of Bethlehem Area School District in Lehigh County

The Bethlehem Area School District covers the City of Bethlehem, the boroughs of Fountain Hill and Freemansburg and Bethlehem Township and Hanover Township in Lehigh County and Northampton County. The district encompasses approximately 42.3 square miles (110 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 108,000. By 2010, the district's population increased to 116,968 people.[1] The educational attainment levels for the Bethlehem Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 87.9% high school graduates and 30.5% college graduates.[2] The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 49.9% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[3] In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 285 students in the Bethlehem Area School District were homeless.[4]

In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $21,063, while the median family income was $52,732.[5] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[6] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[7] In Northampton County, the median household income was $60,097.[8] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[9] In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.[10]

Bethlehem Area School District operates 22 schools: two high schools, four middle schools and sixteen elementary schools. High school students may choose to attend the Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Colonial Intermediate Unit IU20 provides the district with a wide variety of services like: specialized education for disabled students; state mandated training on recognizing and reporting child abuse; speech and visual disability services; criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.

The enrollment of the school district was 15,036 (2012), with 55% White, 9.5% Black, 32.3% Hispanic, 3.1% Asian, and 0.2% Native American.[11]

Schools[]

High Schools
Middle schools
  • Broughal Middle School
  • East Hills Middle School
  • Nitschmann Middle School
  • Northeast Middle School
Elementary schools
The Farmersville Elementary School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
  • Asa Packer Elementary School
  • Calypso Elementary School
  • Clearview Elementary School
  • Donegan Elementary School
  • Farmersville Elementary School
  • Fountain Hill Elementary School
  • Fountain Hill Kindergarten Center
  • Freemansburg Elementary School
  • Governor Wolf Elementary School
  • Hanover Elementary School
  • James Buchanan Elementary School
  • Lincoln Elementary School
  • Marvine Elementary School
  • Miller Heights Elementary School
  • Spring Garden Elementary School
  • Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
  • William Penn Elementary School

Private/Other Schools[]

  • Bethlehem Catholic High School
  • Centennial School
  • Holy Infancy Elementary School
  • Lehigh Valley Academy
  • Moravian Academy
  • Notre Dame of Bethlehem Elementary School
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
  • Regional Academic Standards Academy
  • St. Anne Elementary School
  • Bethlehem Christian School

References[]

  1. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  2. ^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  3. ^ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
  4. ^ Collin Deppen (January 2015). "How many children are homeless in your school district?" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Education.
  5. ^ US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009
  6. ^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  7. ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  8. ^ US Census Bureau (2014). "Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County".
  9. ^ Michael Sauter & Alexander E.M. Hess (August 31, 2013). "America's most popular six-figure jobs". USA Today.
  10. ^ Jeff Guo (September 15, 2015). "Lower wages for whites, higher wages for immigrants, and inequality for all". The Washington Post.
  11. ^ "Bethlehem Area School District (2021) | Bethlehem, PA".

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