Teachers salaries were $18.00 a month and the average school term was 4 months and 5 days. The first class was graduated from Littlestown High School, May 1, 1902. For these cases, the Pennsylvania Department of Education sets an annual tuition rate for each school district. Crouse & Sons. [143] Statewide 61.9% of fifth (5th) graders were on grade level in reading, while 42.8% demonstrated on grade level math skills. The average salary was $54,954 for 186 days with 181 pupil instruction days. No Pennsylvania public school districts received an approval for the grandfathered construction debts exception. Littlestown Area School Board received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to purchase equipment to help reform the high school's core subjects instruction. 141 Section 921-A", "Act of Jul. In 2015, 67 Littlestown Area School District students took the SAT exams. [79] Gettysburg College provided the science enrichment experiences to schools in the region. It also assumes that each student's needs accrue the same level of costs. The teacher union president is given one paid day per week to conduct union business and the union is also provided with 5 paid days per year, for other members to engage in union business. Among the public school districts in Adams County, Conewago Valley School District received the highest percentage increase in BEF at 3.2%. On January 7, 1932, it was decided to construct a new building as a result of the congestion being experienced on East King Street, and this was to be located on a site north of the playground on Maple Avenue, at that time Long Alley. [106] In 2015, 15% of the pupils who took an AP exam achieved a 3 or better. [192][193] In 2014-15, the state mandated district contribution to the teacher pension fund rose to 21.40% of employee salaries and in 2015-16 it rose again to 25.84% of total district salaries. Another 171 school districts adopted a preliminary budget leaving open the option of exceeded the Index limit. Property taxes, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, apply only to real estate – land and buildings. In seventh grade reading, 58% were on grade level. In 2013-14, 75% of the third grade students were reading on grade level. The Lincoln Intermediate Unit IU12 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty. This ranked 434th in the commonwealth. [262], For the 2010-11 school year, Littlestown Area School District was provided a 2.84% increase in basic education funding to the district for a total of $6,490,101. [358] Article XVI-C of the Public School Code requires the disclosure of interscholastic athletic opportunities for all public secondary school entities in Pennsylvania. In 2013, the school's enrollment was 600 pupils with 36.5% of pupils receiving a federal free or reduced-price meals due to family poverty.