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
Berks County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the coun ...
. It encompasses approximately . According to a federal census, it served a resident population of 7,494. In 2009, the district residents’
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
was $22,716, while the
median family income
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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.
Antietam School District operates three schools: Antietam High School (9th–12th), Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate School (4nd–8th) and Stony Creek Elementary School (K-3rd).
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. Costs are significant. The program started in 1985–1986 school year.
Sports
The District funds:
;Boys:
*
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
- A
*
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
- A
*Bowling - AAAA
*Cross country (with ETSD)
*Football (with MSD)
*
Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
- AA
*Indoor Track and Field (with ETSD)
*Lacrosse - (with ETSD)
*
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
JV/V - A
*Swimming and Diving - (with ETSD)
*Track and Field (with ETSD)
*
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
- 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
Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...
- 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
References
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School districts in Berks County, Pennsylvania