page_title: Bethlehem Area School District
section_title: Schools
hierarchical_section_title: Bethlehem Area School District / Schools
caption_attribution_description: English: The Farmersville Elementary School in the Bethlehem Area School District in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
context_page_description: The Bethlehem Area School District covers the City of Bethlehem, the boroughs of Fountain Hill and Freemansburg and Bethlehem Township and Hanover Township in Lehigh County and Northampton County. The district encompasses approximately 42.3 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 108,000. By 2010, the district's population increased to 116,968 people. The educational attainment levels for the Bethlehem Area School District population were 87.9% high school graduates and 30.5% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
  According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 49.9% 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. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 285 students in the Bethlehem Area School District were homeless.
  In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $21,063, while the median family income was $52,732.
context_section_description: High Schools
  Freedom High School
  Liberty High School
  Middle schools
  Broughal Middle School
  East Hills Middle School
  Nitschmann Middle School
  Northeast Middle School
  Elementary schools
  Asa Packer Elementary School
  Calypso Elementary School
  Clearview Elementary School
  Donegan Elementary School
  Farmersville Elementary School
  Fountain Hill Elementary School
  Fountain Hill Kindergarten Center
  Freemansburg Elementary School
  Governor Wolf Elementary School
  Hanover Elementary School
  James Buchanan Elementary School
  Lincoln Elementary School
  Marvine Elementary School
  Miller Heights Elementary School
  Spring Garden Elementary School
  Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
  William Penn Elementary School
caption: The Farmersville Elementary School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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