Antietam School District

Antietam scores 42.0 of 100 on the NookLocal Academic Index, #99 of 112 districts serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Berks, Lancaster, and the Lehigh Valley. Components (official 2025 PDE data): PSSA proficiency 27% (state ~45%), Keystone proficiency 36%, graduation rate 83.8% (state 89.1%). The index measures outcomes, not school effectiveness in isolation.

The district levies 51.3 mills (2025-26) on Berks County's assessment base, an effective school tax of about 1.65% of market value at the current Common Level Ratio. With county and typical municipal millage, the total runs about 2.34%, roughly $10,532 per year on a $450,000 purchase. Exact bills vary by municipality (2.29%–2.39% across 2) and by the home's actual assessment.

NookLocal-covered towns served by Antietam: Lower Alsace Township, Mount Penn Borough. The taxing municipalities are Lower Alsace Township, Mount Penn Borough. A specific home's district is shown on every NookLocal listing.

Academically: Antietam 42.0 vs. Muhlenberg 42.1 on the Academic Index. On taxes: 2.34% vs. 1.70% of home value per year, about $10,532 vs. $7,633 on a $450,000 purchase. Full comparison on the school district value matrix.

80.8% of Antietam students are regularly present (enrolled and attending at least 90% of school days) versus 79.6% statewide (Future Ready PA Index, 2024-25).

25.6% of students receive special-education services (Pennsylvania average 20.3%), with about 286 students per school counselor and 1,142 per school psychologist. The Family & student support section above has the full breakdown.

Rather than a single safety score, NookLocal shows official district figures. Regular attendance is 80.8% (state 79.6%). For 2021-22, the federal Civil Rights Data Collection reports about 48.2 out-of-school suspensions and 0.0 law-enforcement referrals per 1,000 students. These figures describe the district, not individual schools, and reported bullying is widely undercounted. See the Family & student support section.