Lehighton Area School District

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Lehighton Area School District
Address
1000 Union Street
, Carbon County , Pennsylvania , 18235
United States
District information
Type Public
Budget14.98
NCES District ID 4213500 [1]
Students and staff
Students2,187 (2021-22)
Faculty146.00 (FTE)
Other information
Website https://www.lehighton.org/

The Lehighton Area School District is school district located just north of the Blue Mountain range the Lehigh River in Carbon County, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.

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The district is composed of four communities which are served by the Lehighton Area School District over a sixty-seven-square-mile area. East Penn Township is to the south of the borough of Lehighton, Mahoning Township is to the west along PA Route 443, and Franklin Township is located on the east side of the Lehigh River.

The school district has one elementary school, which includes full-day kindergarten and houses grades one through five, one middle school that serves grades six through eight. The high school facility was built in 1993. As of the 2021-22 school year, the school district had 2,187 pupils, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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References

  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Lehighton Area School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.