East Penn School District is a large public

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in the

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region of eastern

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. Established in 1952, it was initially known as the East Penn Union School District. East Penn School District serves students from

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, five surrounding boroughs and townships of Alburtis, Lower Macungie,

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, Upper Milford, and Wescosville, eight surrounding unincorporated villages of

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, Hensingersville, Old Zionsville, Powder Valley, Shimerville,

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, and Zionsville, and the

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of Ancient Oaks, all located in the

, the third most populated metropolitan region of Pennsylvania. The district operates

Emmaus High School Emmaus High School is a large public high school located in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades nine through 12 in Pennsylvania's East Penn School District in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Emmaus High School is loc ...

in Emmaus for grades nine through 12, two public middle schools (Eyer Middle School and Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie) for grades six through eight, seven public elementary schools (located in Alburtis, Emmaus, Macungie, and Wescosville) for kindergarten through fifth grade, and one public elementary

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(Seven Generations Charter School, located in Emmaus). As of the 2020–21 school year, the school district had a total enrollment of 8,116 students between all eleven of its schools, according to

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data. The district employs 565 professional and 505 support members with 90% of teachers holding a

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or higher.

Academics

East Penn School District is noted for its academic excellence as measured by post-graduate collegiate admissions. As of 2011, 55% of

graduates attended four-year colleges or universities, 24% attended two-year colleges and 3% entered business, nursing or technical schools, for a total of 82% pursuing

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following high school graduation. East Penn School District has one of the most developed advanced placement programs in the

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'' championships than any Lehigh Valley high school in the history of this popular televised academic quiz show.

Athletics

competes athletically in the

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, which has produced numerous professional and

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and

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careers. The school fields teams in all Eastern Pennsylvania Conference sports. Emmaus High School, founded in 1955, has won Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (or its predecessor, the

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) championships at least once in each of the conference's sports. Emmaus High School holds the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference record for the most Pennsylvania state championships in all sports (13 since 2002) and is second in overall Eastern Pennsylvania Conference championships, behind Parkland High School.

Schools

High school

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)

Middle schools

*Eyer Middle School (

) *Lower Macungie Middle School (Macungie)

Elementary schools

*Alburtis Elementary School ( Alburtis) *Jefferson Elementary School (Emmaus) *Lincoln Elementary School (Emmaus) *Macungie Elementary School (Macungie) *Shoemaker Elementary School (Macungie) *Wescosville Elementary School ( Wescosville) *Willow Lane Elementary School (Macungie)

Elementary charter school

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