Antietam School District

The Antietam School District is a diminutive, suburban public school districts that serves the Borough of Mount Penn and Lower Alsace Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses approximately 5sqmi. According to a federal census, it served a resident population of 7,494. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $22,716, while the median family income was $49,511. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. District officials reported that, in school year 2007–08, Antietam School District provided basic educational services to 1,084 pupils. The District employed: 92 teachers, 85 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 9 administrators. Antietam School District received more than $4.1 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.Antietam School District operates three schools: Antietam Middle/Sr High School (7th–12th), Mount Penn Elementary Center (2nd–6th) and Mount Penn Primary Center (K-1st).GovernanceAntietam School District is governed by 9 individually elected board members, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The federal government controls programs it funds like Title I funding for low-income children in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring reading and math skills.