Salisbury Township School District

Salisbury Township School District
Address
1140 Salisbury Road
, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 18103
United States
Coordinates40°35′22″N 75°25′46″W / 40.58951°N 75.42938°W / 40.58951; -75.42938
District information
TypePublic
GradesK-12
SchoolsFour, including Salisbury High School
Budget$46.16 million
NCES District ID4220730
Students and staff
Students1,509 (2023-24)
Teachers103.45 (on an FTE basis)
Student–teacher ratio14.59
Athletic conferenceColonial League
ColorsNavy and White   
Other information
Websitewww.salisburysd.org

Salisbury Township School District is a small, suburban, public school district located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It serves Salisbury Township. The district encompasses approximately 11 square miles (28 km2).

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school district had a total enrollment of 1,509 students between all its four schools, according to National Center for Education Statistics data, which include Salisbury High School for grades nine through 12, Salisbury Middle School for grades five through eight, Arts Academy Charter School for grades five through eight, and Salisbury Elementary School for kindergarten through fourth grade.

According to 2000 census data, the school district serves a resident population of 13,498. By 2010, The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Salisbury Township School District's resident population was 13,505 people. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $28,073, while the median family income was $62,534. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. The educational attainment levels for the Salisbury Township School District population (25 years old and over) were 91.0% high school graduates and 28.9% college graduates.

Salisbury High School students may choose to attend Lehigh Career and Technical Institute for training in the trades. The Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit, IU21, 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.