Lampeter-Strasburg School District

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Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Lampeter-Strasburg School District is in green in the center of the county.

2006 SAT: average scores Lancaster County schools
School District	Reading	Math	Writing	Total
Cocalico	473	489	467	1429
Columbia Borough	445	435	419	1299
Conestoga Valley	505	513	501	1519
Donegal	511	531	490	1532
Eastern Lancaster County	506	521	494	1521
Elizabethtown Area	501	520	490	1511
Ephrata Area	488	498	472	1458
Hempfield	522	565	505	1592
Lampeter-Strasburg	522	527	501	1550
Lancaster	449	448	448	1316
Manheim Central	503	520	491	1517
Manheim Township	547	565	535	1647
Penn Manor	492	513	474	1479
Pequea Valley	505	508	481	1494
Solanco	506	516	482	1504
Warwick	527	527	509	1563
County average	500	512	484	1496
Pennsylvania average	493	500	483	1476
U.S. average	503	518	497	1518
Possible on each test: 800 points _{Source: "Blame it on fried brains",} ^{September 21, 2006 Lancaster New Era}

The Lampeter-Strasburg School District is a school district in rural and suburban Lancaster County, Pennsylvania that serves the borough of Strasburg, as well as Strasburg and West Lampeter Townships. The census-designated place of Willow Street is mostly in the district.

Schools in the Lampeter-Strasburg School District include the Lampeter-Strasburg High School, Martin Meylin Middle School, Hans Herr Elementary, Willow Street Elementary, and Strasburg Elementary.

The Mission Statement and Goals for the school district are:^[1]

The Lampeter-Strasburg School District recognizes that each child has unique abilities, talents, and needs. The district is committed to providing, in an accountable partnership with parents and the community, opportunities for each learner to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values to become a responsible, productive citizen.

L-S School District baseball star Jeff Bianchi was selected to play straight out of high school in the second round of the 2005 national Major League Baseball draft. In 2005, Lampeter-Strasburg won the Pennsylvania State title in baseball.

[edit] Comparison to other Lancaster County school districts

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment 2005-2006 PSSA proficiency levels for Lancaster County schools
School District	3-5 Reading	3-5 Math	6-8 Reading	6-8 Math	9-12 Reading	9-12 Math
Cocalico [1]	67.7%	83.3%	82.7%	79.7%	63.4%	51.7%
Columbia Borough [2]	64.0%	71.1%	66.1%	56.9%	47.7%	25.2%
Conestoga Valley [3]	71.3%	82.1%	76.9%	75.5%	75.7%	68.0%
Donegal [4]	63.0%	69.2%	70.0%	62.1%	70.7%	57.2%
Eastern Lancaster County [5]	69.6%	84.0%	84.2%	78.8%	73.6%	58.4%
Elizabethtown Area [6]	70.6%	81.4%	80.9%	76.9%	72.1%	64.4%
Ephrata Area [7]	67.7%	82.8%	81.1%	71.0%	61.4%	65.0%
Hempfield [8]	80.3%	80.0%	81.3%	79.7%	75.7%	73.4%
Lampeter-Strasburg[9]	83.6%	83.0%	90.0%	84.2%	78.6%	70.1%
Lancaster [10]	45.6%	59.8%	46.5%	42.4%	41.5%	31.2%
Manheim Central [11]	72.1%	79.1%	77.9%	66.8%	74.2%	62.3%
Manheim Township [12]	80.1%	86.9%	90.4%	82.6%	82.7%	76.1%
Penn Manor [13]	70.8%	82.0%	78.3%	73.5%	78.1%	71.0%
Pequea Valley [14]	73.8%	83.9%	68.0%	70.1%	72.8%	56.5%
Solanco [15]	77.7%	83.9%	80.5%	75.1%	73.1%	54.6%
Warwick [16]	71.4%	83.0%	77.5%	75.1%	76.1%	62.5%
^{In some cases, 2 (or even 3) years were aggregated by Pennsylvania Department of Education}