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Upper Dauphin School District - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 40°34′56″N 76°48′07″W / 40.58214°N 76.80198°W

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Upper Dauphin Area School District
Location of Upper Dauphin School District in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Address
5668 State Route 209 Lykens , Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17048-8414 United States
District information
Type	Public
Students and staff
District mascot	Trojans
Colors	Orange, black and white
Other information
Website	www.udasd.org

The Upper Dauphin Area School District is a small, rural, public school district located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is fragmented in four discontinuous pieces, including: the boroughs of Lykens, Elizabethville, Gratz, Berrysburg, and Pillow, as well as Jefferson Township, Washington Township, Mifflin Township, and Lykens Township. Upper Dauphin Area School District encompasses approximately 91 square miles (240 km²). According to 2007 local census data, it serves a resident population of 9,723 people. By 2010, the district's population was 9,759 people.^[1] The educational attainment levels for the district's population aged 25 years and over were 81.4% high school graduates and 10.6% college graduates.^[2]

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 38% 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.^[3] In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $18,098, while the median family income was $45,231.^[4] In Dauphin County, the median household income was $52,371.^[5] In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the median family income was $49,501^[6] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.^[7]

Upper Dauphin Area School District operates three schools: Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School, Upper Dauphin Area Middle School, and Upper Dauphin Area High School.

Extracurriculars

Upper Dauphin Area School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and sports.

Sports

The district funds:

Boys

Baseball - AAA (Co-Op with Millersburg Area School District
Basketball- AAA
Cross-Country - AAA (Co-Op with Millersburg Area School District)
Football - AAA (Co-Op with Millersburg Area School District)
Wrestling - AAA (Co-Op with Millersburg Area School District)

Girls

Basketball - AAA
Cheer - AAAA (Co-Op with Millersburg Area School District)
Cross-Country - AAA (Co-Op with Millersburg Area School District)
Softball - AAA (Co-Op with Millersburg Area School District)
Volleyball - AAA
Wrestling - AAA (Co-Op with Millersburg Area School District)

Middle school sports

Boys

Basketball
Wrestling

Girls

Basketball

According to PIAA directory July 2012 ^[8]^[9]

References

^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011
^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
^ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
^ US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009
^ US Census Bureau (2014). "Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County".
^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts".
^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
^ "PIAA School Directory". Pennsylvania interscholastic Athletic Association. 2012.
^ "PIAA School Directory". Pennsylvania interscholastic Athletic Association. 2015.

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Schools

Main School Districts
Central Dauphin	Central Dauphin High School Central Dauphin East High School
Derry Township	Hershey High School
Halifax Area	Halifax Area High School
Harrisburg	Harrisburg High School Harrisburg University of Science and Technology High School
Lower Dauphin	Lower Dauphin High School
Middletown Area	Middletown Area High School
Millersburg	Millersburg Area High School
Steelton-Highspire	Steelton-Highspire High School
Susquehanna Township	Susquehanna Township High School
Upper Dauphin	Upper Dauphin Area High School

Other Schools
Charter schools	Capital Area School for the Arts
Private schools	Berrysburg Christian Academy Covenant Christian Academy Emmanuel Wesleyan Academy Harrisburg Christian School Middletown Christian School Milton Hershey School Wordsworth Academy
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg	Bishop McDevitt High School
Susquenita School District (partially located in Perry County)	Susquenita High School
Williams Valley School District (partially located in Schuylkill County)	Williams Valley Junior/Senior High School

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