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{{short description|School district in Pennsylvania}}
{{Infobox school district
| name                   = Palmerton  Area School District
| image                  = Map of Carbon County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
| caption                = Location of Palmerton Area School District in [[Carbon County, Pennsylvania]]
| image_size             = 200 px
| type                   = [[State school|Public]]
| streetaddress          = 680 Fourth Street
| city                   = [[Palmerton, Pennsylvania|Palmerton]]
| state                  = [[Pennsylvania]]
| county                 = [[Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Carbon County]]
| zipcode                = 18071
| country                = United States
| us_nces_district_id    = {{NCES District ID|4218360|district_name=Palmerton Ara School District}}
| budget                 = $34.0 million
| students               = 1,674 (as of 2021-22)
| teachers               = 142.4 {{FTE}} (as of 2021-22)
| ratio                  = 11.76 (as of 2021-22)
| sports_nickname        = Bombers
| mascot                 = Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
| colors                 = Blue and White {{color box|blue}}{{color box|white}}
| conference             = [[Colonial League]]
| coordinates            = {{coord|40.80353927612305|-75.60883331298828|region:US_type:edu|display=inline}}
| website                = {{URL|http://www.palmerton.org}}
}}
'''Palmerton Area School District''' is a [[Public school (government funded)|public school]] district located in [[Carbon County, Pennsylvania]]. It serves the boroughs of Palmerton and [[Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania|Bowmanstown]],  and [[Lower Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Towamensing Township]] and [[Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania|Towamensing Township]]. The district encompasses approximately {{convert|56|sqmi|km2}}. As of the 2000 census, it served a resident population of 12,791.
As of 2010, the district's population was 14,056 people.<ref>US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011</ref> The educational attainment levels for the Palmerton Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 85% high school graduates and 14% college graduates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://proximityone.com/sddep.htm#pa |title=School District Comparative Analysis Profiles Palmerton Area |author=proximityone |year=2014}}</ref> The district is one of the 500 [[List of school districts in Pennsylvania|public school districts of Pennsylvania]].
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 38.9% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the [[Federal Poverty Level]]<ref>[https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines]</ref> as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.<ref>Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012</ref>
In 2013, the [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]], reported that less than 10 students in the Palmerton Area School District were homeless.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Homeless%20Education/2013-14%20ECYEH%20Counts%20by%20Reporting%20Entity.pdf |title=How many children are homeless in your school district? |author=Collin Deppen |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=January 2015}}</ref> In 2009, the district residents' [[per capita income]] was $17,361, while the [[median family income]] was $42,072.<ref>US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009</ref>
In Pennsylvania, the median family income was $49,501<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html |author=US Census Bureau |title=American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts |year=2010 |access-date=2017-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065329/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf |author=US Census Bureau |title=Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 |date=September 2011}}</ref>
The district operates five [https://www.palmerton.org/schools/ schools]: Stephen S. Palmer Elementary School (2–6); Parkside Elementary School (K–1); Towamensing Elementary School (K–6); Palmerton Area Junior High School (7-8) and [[Palmerton Area High School]] (9-12). The junior high and senior high are in a single building. High school students may choose to attend the Carbon Career & Technical Institute for training in the construction and mechanical trades. For the 2015–16 school year, 48 resident students chose to enroll in public [[charter school]]s, rather than attend the district's schools.<ref>Finnerty, John., Cyber School debate reignites in Harrisburg, The Daily Item, July 20, 2016</ref>
The Towamensing school provided kindergarten to 4th grade until 1986. In 1986–87 school year, they were expanded to 6th grade. Before the school expanded, it only had one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade class.  After the expansion, those grades were doubled as well as the expansion of the two 5th and 6th grade classes.
==Extracurriculars==
===Sports===
The district's sports teams include:
;Varsity:
{{col-begin}}
{{col-1-of-2}}
;Boys:
*[[Baseball]] - AAA
*[[Basketball]] - AAA
*[[Cross country running|Cross country]] - A
*[[American football|Football]] - AA
*[[Golf]] - AA
*[[Association football|Soccer]] - AA
*[[Tennis]] - AA
*[[Track and field]] - AA
*[[Scholastic wrestling|Wrestling]] - AA
{{col-2-of-2}}
;Girls:
*Basketball - AAA
*Cross country - A
*[[Field hockey]] - A
*Soccer - AA
*[[Softball]] - AAA
*Track and field - AA
{{col-end}}According to [[Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association|PIAA]] directory July 2016<ref>{{cite web |year=2016 |title=PIAA School Directory |url=http://www.piaa.org/schools/directory/default.aspx |publisher=Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association}}</ref>
;Junior high school sports:
{{col-begin}}
{{col-1-of-2}}
;Boys:
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Football
*Track and field
*Wrestling
{{col-2-of-2}}
;Girls:
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Field hockey
*Girls Wrestling
*Track and field
{{col-end}}
<gallery>
File:PalmertonAreaSchoolDistrict.jpg|Palmerton Area School District's Logo, featuring a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
</gallery>
Edited 11/6/24 by PASD Administrators
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.palmerton.org/ Official website]
{{Carbon County, Pennsylvania School Districts}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:School districts in Carbon County, Pennsylvania]]