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In general, under state law, school attendance in Pennsylvania is mandatory for a child from the age of 8 until the age of 17, or until graduation from an accredited high school, whichever is earlier. [1] [2] Pennsylvania has a high school graduation rate of 90.2% in 2018.
The school district encompasses approximately 10 square miles (26 km 2). According to 2020 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 95,112. In 2009, the Reading School District residents’ per capita income was $13,086, while the median family income was $31,067. [ 2 ]
Reading Senior High School in May 2008. Reading School District provides elementary and middle schools for the city's children. As of 2023, Reading Senior High School, serving grades nine through 12, is the largest traditional high school in Pennsylvania with a student population of 5,498. [54] Three high schools serve the city:
Bristol College was used as a hospital during the American Civil War, and from 1868 through the 1880s as an orphanage for the children of colored soldiers. [2] The center columned section of the last remaining building, White Hall was condemned and later demolished in the 1980s. The East and West wings still stand and act as apartments.
Pennsylvania was the site of the bloodiest battle of the war, the Battle of Gettysburg, which became widely known as one of the turning points of the Civil War. [1] Numerous more minor engagements and skirmishes were also fought in Pennsylvania during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign , as well as the following year during a Confederate cavalry raid ...
Governor Mifflin Senior High School is the only high school in the Governor Mifflin School District. Named for the Revolutionary War major and first governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin , it is located in Shillington , Berks County, Pennsylvania and serves students in the five communities of Shillington, Kenhorst, Mohnton, Cumru, and Brecknock.
The Borough of Millvale is served by Shaler Area School District. [40] The district boasts four K-3 primary education buildings, one 4-6 elementary school, one 7-8 middle school, and one 9-12 high school and has 4,162 students as of 2019. The district has a student-teacher ratio of 12-1.
The 151st Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union Army regiment serving for a term of nine months during the American Civil War.The regiment sustained seventy-six percent casualties in the Battle of Gettysburg, its only major engagement.