Littlestown Area School District

Littlestown Area School District
Map of Adams County school districts
Address
162 Newark Street
, Adams County, Pennsylvania, 17340-1343
United States
District information
TypePublic
SuperintendentDr. Don Bell (interim)
Students and staff
Athletic conferenceYAIAA Division 2/3
District mascotThunderbolts
ColorsBlue and Gold   
Other information
Websitehttp://www.lasd.k12.pa.us/

Littlestown Area School District is a small, rural, public school district located in southeastern Adams County. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 50 square miles (130 km2). The district serves: Littlestown, Union Township, Germany Township, a southern portion of Mount Pleasant Township and the eastern portion of Mount Joy Township, along with a portion of Bonneauville Borough.

Per the US Census Bureau, by 2010, Littlestown Area School District's population declined to 14,586 people.[1] This makes it a district of the third class (population greater than 5,000 people less than 30,000). According to 2000 federal census data, Littlestown Area School District had a resident population of 18,235. In 2009, the Littlestown Area School District residents' per capita income was $16,811, while the median family income was $40,063. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[2] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[3] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[4]

Littlestown Area School District operates: a primary elementary school, a middle school and a high school. The Lincoln Intermediate Unit IU12 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

  1. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011
  2. ^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  4. ^ Michael Sauter and Alexander E.M. Hess (August 31, 2013). "America's most popular six-figure jobs". USA Today.