Lykens is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 30 miles (48 km) southwest o f Pottsville. Anthracite coal mining sustained the people who numbered 2,762 in 1900 and 2,943 in 1910. The population was 1,937 at the 2000 census.
Lykens is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Lykens was laid out in 1848. The borough was named for Andrew Lycan.
The GAR Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Lykens is located at 40°34′01″N 76°42′09″W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), all of it land.
Residents of Lykens may attend the local, public schools operated by Upper Dauphin Area School Districtwhich provides kindergarten through 12th grade. The District's enrollment declined to 1,237 students K-12 in 2013. Upper Dauphin School District ranked 322nd out of 500 public schools for academic achievement of its pupils in 2013. Lykens residents may also apply to attend Infinity Charter School located on 51 Banks St, Harrisburg and any of the Commonwealth's 13 public cyber charter schools at no additional cost to the parents. The Upper Dauphin School District is required to pay the charter school and cyber charter school tuition for residents who attend these public schools.[9] [10] By Commonwealth law, if the District provides transportation for its own students, then the District must provide transportation to any school that lies within 10 miles of its borders. Residents may also seek admission for their school aged child to any other public school district. When accepted for admission, the student's parents are responsible for paying an annual tuition fee set by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In 2012, the tuition fees for Upper Dauphin School District were: Elementary School - $8,961.52, High School - $9,565.39.
Capital Area Intermediate Unit #15 (CAIU15) provides a wide variety of services to children living in its region which includes Lykens. Early screening for a variety of disabilities, special educations services, speech and hearing therapy and many other services like driver education are available. Services for children during the preschool years are provided without cost to their families when the child is determined to meet eligibility requirements. CAIU15 also operates Capital Area Online Learning Association which is an online learning program operated in association with the local public schools
Lykins residents have access to Harrisburg Area Community College. People residing in Lykens fund HACC in part through an annual payment made by Upper Dauphin School District. Twenty two local public school districts are required to contribute annually to HACC regardless of whether any residents are attending the college. Full-time students from these districts, who attend HACC, pay $1,674 for 12 credit hours.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykens,_Pennsylvania