Elizabethtown Area School District

The Elizabethtown Area School District is a school district in the Northwest corner of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States that serves Elizabethown Borough and the townships of Conoy, and West Donegal, as well as the North and West part of Mount Joy Township. It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13.

Schools
Schools in the Elizabethtown Area School District include:
 * Elizabethtown Area High School
 * Elizabethtown Middle School
 * Bainbridge Elementary
 * East High Elementary
 * Mill Road Elementary
 * Rheems Elementary
 * Bear Creek Intermediate School

National/State Recognition
The high school has won state championships in field hockey in 1974, baseball in 1993. The district's Quiz Bowl Team was national runner up at the 2004 National Academic Championship.

In November 2015, Mill Road Elementary School was honored as a National Blue Ribbon School. In that same year, East High Elementary School was honored as a "High Achievement Reward School".

District profile

 * As of the census of 2000
 * District Population: 27,485 people
 * District Area: 56.0 sqmi
 * School Colors - Blue and White
 * District Mascot - Elizabethtown Bears
 * School Nickname - "E-Town"
 * Member of the Lancaster-Lebanon 2 Sports League

Notable Graduates

 * Nelson Chittum, former MLB pitcher
 * Gene Garber, former major league baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Atlanta Braves.