Lewisburg Area High School is a small rural/suburban public school located in Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Lewisburg Area School District. The school's enrollment is approximately 600 students in grades nine through twelve. The school is commonly considered to be the top performing high school in the region. This is demonstrated in student SAT scores that are higher than state or national averages. LAHS eleventh grades scored in the top 16% on the Math PSSA’s in 2006. Reading PSSA scores were in the top 9% in the state in 2006. The graduation rate in 2006 was 95%. The graduation rate increased to 96% in 2007. In 2008 the graduation rate rose to an outstanding 98%.
The school serves the Lewisburg Borough, Kelly, East Buffalo and Union townships that collectively have a population of approximately 15,000.
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