| Tax Hike | |
| Allentown School District | |
| Bangor Area School District | 2.20% |
| Bethlehem Area School District | 4.80% |
| Catasauqua School District | 0.00% |
| Easton Area School District | 2.20% |
| East Penn School District | 1.30% |
| Nazareth Area School District | 1.80% |
| Northampton Area School District | 1.97% |
| Northern Lehigh School District | 1.50% |
| Northwestern Lehigh School District | 0.00% |
| Parkland School District | 3.67% |
| Pen Argyl School District | 1.67% |
| Salisbury Township School District | 4.06% |
| Saucon Valley School District | 0.00% |
| Southern Lehigh School District | 1.00% |
| Whitehall - Coplay School District | 1.64% |
| Wilson School District | 1.50% |
And here's a graph that lays it out:
A few notes about this:
- First, and this should come as no surprise, the two highest hikes were in predominantly urban districts: Allentown and Bethlehem Area.
- Only three districts managed to hold off any property tax hike: Catasauqua, Northwestern Lehigh and Saucon Valley.
- The average tax hike was 2.01%.
- Traditionally suburban school districts were hit hard here as well, with Parkland and Salisbury having the highest non-urban rates.
Also, please note that tax hikes don't tell the whole story; many of these districts dipped into their fund balances in order to balance their budgets, and multiple districts laid off positions or cut programs as well. This was a bad year for just about everyone.
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