South Western School District is a midsized, suburban
public school
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* State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government
* Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...
district in
York County, Pennsylvania
York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...
. It serves the townships of
Penn Township,
Manheim Township and
West Manheim Township. It encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, South Western School District serves a resident population of 22,576 people. By 2010, the district's population increased to 26,768 people. In 2009, South Western School District residents’
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
was $20,618, while the
median family income
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was $56,296. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
District schools
*Baresville Elementary School
*Manheim Elementary School
*Park Hills Elementary School
*West Manheim Elementary School
*Emory H. Markle Middle School
*South Western High School
Extracurriculars
South Western School District's students have access to a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.The District funds:
;Boys:
*
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
- AAAA
*
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
- AAAA
*
Cross Country - AAA
*
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
- AAAA
*
Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
- AAA
*
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...
- AAAA
*
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
- AAA
*
Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
and
Diving
Diving most often refers to:
* Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
Diving or Dive may also refer to:
Sports
* Dive (American football), a ...
- AAA
*
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
- AAA
*
Track and Field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
- AAA
*
Wrestling
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...
- AAA
;Girls:
*Basketball - AAAA
*Cheer - AAAA
*Cross Country - AAA
*Field Hockey - AAA
*Lacrosse - AAAA
*Soccer (Fall) - AAA
*
Softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
- AAAA
*Swimming and Diving - AAA
*Girls' Tennis - AAA
*Track and Field - AA
*Volleyball - AAA
Markle Intermediate Sports
;Boys:
*Basketball
*Cross Country
*Football
*Track and Field
*Wrestling
;Girls:
*Basketball
*Cross Country
*Field Hockey
*Track and Field
*Volleyball
According to PIAA directory July 2012
[PIAA School Directory , author=Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association, 2012]
References
{{York County, Pennsylvania School Districts
School districts in York County, Pennsylvania