Palmerton Area School District
| Palmerton Area School District | |
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| Address | |
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680 Fourth Street Palmerton, Pennsylvania  , Carbon County 18071United States 
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School board | 9 locally elected members |
| Superintendent | Mr Scot Engler (2014) Salary $111,000 first year Contract January 1, 2014 to January 21, 2017 Salary $114,918 (2015) |
| Administrator |
Diane Serfass, Business Manager |
| Staff | 106 non teaching staff members |
| Faculty | 115 teachers (2015) |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Age | 5 years old to 21 years old special education |
| Pupils |
1,756 pupils (2016-17), |
| • Kindergarten | 122 (2014), 128 (2010) |
| • Grade 1 | 159 (2014), 120 (2010) |
| • Grade 2 | 148 (2014), 157 (2010) |
| • Grade 3 | 140 (2014), 156 (2010) |
| • Grade 4 | 143 (2014), 156 (2010) |
| • Grade 5 | 144 (2014), 145 (2010) |
| • Grade 6 | 140 (2014), 154 (2010) |
| • Grade 7 | 165 (2014), 180 (2010) |
| • Grade 8 | 149 (2014), 167 (2010) |
| • Grade 9 | 153 (2014), 152 (2010) |
| • Grade 10 | 96 (2014), 149 (2010) |
| • Grade 11 | 114 (2014), 121 (2010) |
| • Grade 12 | 151 (2014), 135 (2010) |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to be 1,614 pupils in 2020 |
| Language | English |
| Budget |
$31,365,773 (2016-17) |
| per pupil spending |
$10,481 (2008) |
| Website | http://www.palmerton.org |
Diane Serfass, Business Manager
Dan Heaney, Director Of Technology
Joseph Faenza, Director of District Facilities
Dan Heaney, Director of Curriculum & Instruction
1,756 pupils (2016-17),
1,845 pupils (2014-15)
1,857 pupils (2012-13)
1,920 pupils (2009-10)
$31,365,773 (2016-17)
$30,387,081 (2015-16)
$28,174,999 (2013-14)
$27,388,661 (2011-12)
$10,481 (2008)
$12,240.23 (2010)
Palmerton Area School District is a public school district located in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It serves the boroughs of Palmerton and Bowmanstown, and Lower Towamensing Township and Towamensing Township.The District encompasses approximately 56 square miles (150 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 12,791. By 2010, the District's population increased to 14,056 people. 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. The District is 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 [1] 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 less than 10 students in the Palmerton Area School District were homeless. In 2009, the District residents’ per capita income was $17,361, while the median family income was $42,072. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
According to Palmerton Area School District officials, the District provided basic educational services to 1,969 pupils through the employment of 123 teachers, 78 full-time and part-time support personnel, and eleven (11) administrators during the 2011-12 school year. The District received $10,138,418 in state funding in the 2011-12 school year. In 2007-08, PASD enrollment was 2,090 pupils through the employment of 136 teachers, 35 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 9 administrators. Palmerton Area School District received more than $8.6 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. In Carbon County, the median household income was $48,900. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.
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