Bangor Area High School

Bangor Area High School
Bangor Area High School
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Location
	187 Five Points Richmond Road; Bangor, Pennsylvania 18013; United States; 40°53′5″N 79°9′3″W / 40.88472°N 79.15083°W
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Bangor Area School District
NCES School ID	420300003434
Principal	Joseph Disidore
Faculty	57.65 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9th–12th
Enrollment	883 (2024–25)
Student to teacher ratio	15.32
Campus type	Rural
Colors	Maroon and White
Athletics conference	Colonial League in the PIAA
Mascot	Slater
Rival	Pen Argyl Area High School
Website	hs.bangor.k12.pa.us
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Bangor Area High School is a four-year public high school located in Bangor, Pennsylvania in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the only high school in the Bangor Area School District.

As of the 2024–25 school year, Bangor Area High School had a student enrollment of 883 students and 57.65 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student–teacher ratio of 15.32, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.^[2]

Bangor Area High School's colors are maroon and white and its mascot is the Slater, and its athletic teams compete in the Colonial League.

Extracurriculars

Athletics

Its main athletic rival is Pen Argyl Area High School. The school's athletic teams belong to the PIAA's District XI,^[3] and is a member of the Colonial League.^[4]

Boys' Sports ^[5]

Baseball – AAAAA
Basketball – AAAAA
Cross country – AAA
Football – AAAA
Golf – AAA
Soccer – AAA
Swimming – AA
Tennis – AAA
Track and field – AAA
Wrestling – AAA

Girls' Sports

Basketball – AAAAA
Cheerleading – AAAAAA
Cross country – AA
Field hockey – AA
Soccer – AAA
Softball – AAAA
Swimming – AA
Tennis – AA
Track and field – AAA

Marching band

The Welsh heritage of Bangor is represented by its band, whose uniforms are modeled after those of the Welsh Guard. The Slater Band has played in the Gator bowl in Gainesville, Florida and won an honorary mention. They have also participated in Disney World's Spectromagic Parade, and went on their "Tribute to Heroes Tour" in Ireland, Wales, and England during Easter Week of 2007.^[6] The band's trademark songs include "Men of Harlech" and "Rule, Britannia!"