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Bethlehem Area School District is a large public school district serving the city of Bethlehem and it surrounding boroughs of Fountain Hill and Freemansburg, and Bethlehem and Hanover townships across both Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school district had a total enrollment of 13,055 students between its 22 schools, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

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  • Bethlehem Area School District is a large public school district serving the city of Bethlehem and it surrounding boroughs of Fountain Hill and Freemansburg, and Bethlehem and Hanover townships across both Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Bethlehem Area School District operates 22 schools: two high schools, four middle schools, and sixteen elementary schools. High school students attend Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township or Liberty High School in Bethlehem for grades nine through 12. Middle schools for grades five through eight include Broughal Middle School, East Hills Middle School, Nitschmann Middle School, and Northeast Middle School. Elementary schools for kindergarten through fourth grade include 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, and William Penn Elementary School. High school students may choose to attend the Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School for training in the construction and mechanical trades. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school district had a total enrollment of 13,055 students between its 22 schools, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. 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. 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. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 49.9% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the federal poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 285 students in the Bethlehem Area School District were homeless. The Colonial Intermediate Units 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. (en)
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  • Bethlehem Area School District in Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania (en)
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  • "Shaping the Future. One Child at a Time." (en)
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  • Bethlehem Area School District is a large public school district serving the city of Bethlehem and it surrounding boroughs of Fountain Hill and Freemansburg, and Bethlehem and Hanover townships across both Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school district had a total enrollment of 13,055 students between its 22 schools, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. (en)
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