One of the oldest school districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,[1] it encompasses approximately five square miles (1300 hectares).

According to 2020 local census data, it serves a resident population of 26,819.

The treasurer of the school district in 1852 was Henry Dehuff,[2] Officers of the school board in 1854 included Jacob Umberger, president, and Andrew Light, secretary.

[3] In May 1853, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed legislation authorizing "the School Directors of the Borough of Lebanon, to borrow money; and to occupy the building used by the Female Seminary in the said Borough for Common School purposes."

This legislation also empowered members of the district's school board "to borrow any sum of money not exceeding the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding six percent, per annum, for the purpose of building, enlarging and repairing the School Houses in said district.