Middletown Area School District

Middletown Area School District
Location of Middletown Area School District in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Address
55 West Water Street
Middletown
, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17057
United States
Other information
Websitewww.raiderweb.org

Middletown Area School District is a small, suburban, public school district located in Middletown, Pennsylvania serving students in a portion of southern Dauphin County. The district includes the boroughs of Middletown and Royalton and Lower Swatara Township in Dauphin County.[1] Middletown Area School District encompasses approximately 17 square miles (44 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 18,355. By 2010, the district's population declined to 18,084 people.[2] The educational attainment levels for the Middletown Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 79.2% high school graduates and 13.2% college graduates.[3] The district is one of twelve public school districts operating in Dauphin County and one of the 500 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 as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[4] In 2009, Middletown Area School District residents' per capita income was $20,611, while the median family income was $49,728.[5] In Dauphin County, the median household income was $52,387.[6] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[7]

Middletown Area School District operates five public schools: Middletown Area High School (grades 9–12), Middletown Area Middle School (grades 6–8), Lyall J. Fink Elementary School (grades K–5), John C. Kunkel Elementary School (K–5th) and Robert G. Reid Elementary School (K–5th). Middletown Area School District is served by the Capital Area Intermediate Unit CAIU15 [1] which offers a variety of services, including a completely developed Kindergarten - 12th grade curriculum that is mapped and aligned with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards (available online), shared services, a group purchasing program and a wide variety of special education and special needs services. High school students may choose to attend Dauphin County Technical School for training in the building trades and mechanical trades. [2] The district pays the student's tuition to attend the school.

  1. ^ "About the Middletown Area School District". raiderweb.org/. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  2. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  3. ^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  4. ^ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
  5. ^ American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2009
  6. ^ US Census Bureau (2014). "Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County".
  7. ^ Michael Sauter & Alexander E.M. Hess (August 31, 2013). "America's most popular six-figure jobs". USA Today.