Location in Adams County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Location in Adams County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Abbottstown is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land.
In the borough the populace is spread out over a several age groups, with 29.5% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 36.4% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
Map of Adams County, Pennsylvania School Districts Residents of Abbottstown may attend the local, enhance schools directed by Conewago Valley School District which provides full day kindergarten through 12th grade.
In 2013, the Conewago Valley School District's enrollment declined to 3,936 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. In 2010, Conewago Valley School District enrollment was 4,024 pupils.
Conewago Valley School District operates: New Oxford High School (9th-12th), New Oxford Middle School (7th-8th), Conewago Valley Intermediate School (4th-6th), Conewago Township Elementary School (K-3rd) and New Oxford Elementary School (K-3rd).
None of the District's schools are positioned in the Abbottstown.
In 2013, the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked Conewago Valley School District 310th out of 498 enhance schools for academic achievement of its pupils. In 2012, Conewago Valley School District declined to Warning Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status, due to lagging student achievement in both reading and mathematics. High school aged students can attend the taxpayer funded Adams County Tech Prep for training in the building trades, the culinary arts, Diesel Mechanics, allied community including Emergency medical technician (EMT) certification and other areas.
The school is positioned on the Gettysburg Area High School ground at 1130 Old Harrisburg Road.
Adams County Tech Prep is funded by a consortium of the school districts, which includes: Gettysburg Area School District, Littlestown Area School District, Fairfield Area School District, Conewago Valley School District and Bermudian Springs School District.
Residents may also choose between two small-town enhance charter schools: Vida Charter School and Gettysburg Montessori Charter School.
In Pennsylvania, inhabitants may attend enhance charter schools at no cost to the parents.
The tuition is paid by their enhance school system.
By Commonwealth law, if the enhance school precinct provides transit for its own students, then the precinct must also furnish transportation to any school that lies inside 10 miles of its borders, as well as, all schools inside its borders. Tuition at Conewago Valley School District rates in 2012 were Elementary School - $8,102.21, High School - $8,514.19. Alternatively, Abbottstown school-aged inhabitants may also apply to attend any of the Commonwealth's 14 public, cyber charter schools (in 2013) at no additional cost to the parents.
Conewago Valley School District is required to pay the charter school and cyber charter school tuition for inhabitants who attend these enhance schools in the Commonwealth. Residents may also seek admission for their school aged child to any other enhance school district.
Intermediate units receive taxpayer funding: through subsidies paid by member school districts; through direct charges to users for some services; through the prosperous application for state and federal competing grants and through private grants.
Community members have access to the Adams County Public Library which is positioned on 140 Baltimore Street in Gettysburg; the East Berlin Community Library which is positioned on 105 Locust Street, East Berlin; the Littlestown Library, positioned at 232 North Queen Street, Littlestown; the New Oxford Area Library positioned at 122 North Peter Street, in New Oxford; the Adams County Historical Society Library which is positioned on 111 Seminary Ridge, in Gettysburg; and the Adams County Law Library positioned in the Court House, 117 Baltimore St Rm 305 in Gettysburg.
All inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have access to the PA Power Library which is an online library funded with tax dollars from the state's education budget.
At Harrisburg Area Community College Gettysburg Campus, Abbottstown inhabitants have access to college courses at a discounted tuition rate for state residents.
Conewago Valley School District is not a tax funding precinct of the College.
Abbottstown inhabitants contribute to the improve college through state taxation and funding in the annual Commonwealth budget.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
2010 populace report for Abbottstown, Pennsylvania Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
Pennsylvania Department of Education (October 4, 2013).
"District Fast Facts - Conewago Valley School District".
"Guide to Pennsylvania Schools Statewide ranking 2013".
Pennsylvania Department of Education (September 21, 2012).
"Conewago Valley School District AYP Overview 2012".
Pennsylvania Department of Education (2013).
Pennsylvania Department of Education (May 2012).
"Pennsylvania Public School District Tuition Rates".
Pennsylvania Department of Education (2013).
Municipalities and communities of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Populated places established in 1753 - Boroughs in Adams County, Pennsylvania - 1753 establishments in Pennsylvania
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