The Gettysburg Area School District is a mid sized, public school district which serves students in a 185-square-mile (480 km2) area of Adams County, Pennsylvania which includes Gettysburg Borough, as well as Cumberland, Freedom, Highland, Franklin and parts of Mt. Joy and Straban Townships. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 26,205 people. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $18,982, while median family income was $50,396 a year. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Gettysburg Area School District provided basic educational services to 3,409 pupils. At the time, the district employed 256 teachers, 164 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 27 administrators. Gettysburg Area School District received more than $12.8 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
The District operates three elementary schools (two grades K-3, and one grades 4-5), one middle school (grades 6-8) and Gettysburg Area High School (grades 9-12.)
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