Lebanon School District
| Lebanon School District | |
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Lebanon, Pennsylvania Lebanon County United States |
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| District information | |
| Motto | Live. Learn. Lebanon. |
| Superintendent | Arthur W. C. Abrom, Ed.D. |
| Students and staff | |
| District mascot | Cedars |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Lebanon School District is an urban public school district in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 5 square miles (1300 hectares). According to 2000 local census data, it serves a resident population of 25,297. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the LSD provided basic educational services to 4,332 pupils through the employment of 331 teachers, 203 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 26 administrators.
The district is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve four-year terms), 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.
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives Sunshine Review gave the school board and district administration a "F" for transparency based on a review of "What information can people find on their school district's website". It examined the school district's website for information regarding; taxes, the current budget, meetings, school board members names and terms, contracts, audits, public records information and more.
Lebanon School District was ranked 417th out of 498 Pennsylvania School Districts in 2015 by the website Schooldigger.com, which ranks districts based on, "an Average Standard Score [of all district schools] by normalizing and averaging each school's test scores across all tests and grades."
Historical Rankings ( based on PSSA scores)
Graduation rate:
2010 - 83%
2009 - 79%
2008 - 80%
2007 - 80%
The school earned a 54.9 School Performance Profile (SPP) score in the 2013-2014 school year, down nearly five points from the previous academic year's score of 59.4.
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