Antietam School District Explained

Antietam School District
Streetaddress:	100 Antietam Road
City:	Reading
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Berks County
Zipcode:	19606
Country:	United States
Type:	Public
Mascot:	Mountaineers
Website:	http://www.antietamsd.org/

The Antietam School District is a diminutive, suburban public school district 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.^[1] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 ^[2] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.^[3]

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).

Extracurriculars

Antietam School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and interscholastic athletics. Antietam School District and Exeter Township School District operate a cooperative sports agreement for 11 sports for both boys and girls, including football, wrestling, swimming and diving and cross country.^[4] Costs are significant.^[5] The program started in 1985–1986 school year.

Sports

The District funds:

Boys:

• Baseball - A
• Basketball- A
• Bowling - AAAA
• Cross country (with ETSD)
• Football (with MSD)
• Golf - AA
• Indoor Track and Field (with ETSD)
• Lacrosse - (with ETSD)
• Soccer JV/V - A
• Swimming and Diving - (with ETSD)
• Track and Field (with ETSD)
• Volleyball - AA
• Wrestling - (with ETSD)

Girls:

• Basketball - A
• Bowling - AAAA
• Cross country (with ETSD)
• Field Hockey (with ETSD)
• Golf - AA
• Indoor Track and Field (with ETSD)
• Lacrosse - (with ETSD)
• Soccer (Fall) - A
• Softball - A
• Swimming and Diving - (with ETSD)
• Girls' Tennis - AA
• Track and Field (with ETSD)
• Volleyball JV/V - A

Middle School Sports:

Boys:

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Soccer

Girls:

• Basketball
• Field Hockey
• Soccer (Fall)
• Softball

According to PIAA directory July 2012 ^[6]

Notes and References

1. US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009
2. Web site: American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts . US Census Bureau . 2010 . March 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065329/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html . October 6, 2014 . dead .
3. Web site: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 . US Census Bureau . September 2011.
4. Web site: Merger mania coming to Pennsylvania School Districts? . Reading Eagle . March 11, 2009.
5. Web site: Exeter Costs . 2012.
6. Web site: PIAA School Directory . Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association . 2012.