What is Williamsport Area School District mean? The Williamsport Area School District is a large, urban school district and one of several public school districts in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The district is centered on the city of Williamsport and also serves the neighboring Lewis, Hepburn, Lycoming, Old Lycoming, and Woodward townships. The district encompasses approximately 98 square miles (250 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 44,192. By 2010, the District's population had declined to 41,757 people. The educational attainment levels for the Williamsport Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 85.5% high school graduates and 17.4% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 62.5% of the District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the District residents’ per capita income was $15,693, while the median family income was $37,157. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Lycoming County, the median household income was $45,430. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.
According to District officials, the District provided basic educational services to 5,581 pupils through the employment of 442 teachers, 383 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 47 administrators during the 2009-10 school year. The District received $35,864,547 in state funding in the 2009-10 school year.In school year 2005–06, Williamsport Area School District enrollment was 5,912 pupils. The District employed: 472 teachers, 376 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 57 administrators.
The district currently operates eight schools:
Cochran Primary SchoolHepburn-Lycoming Primary SchoolJackson Primary SchoolStevens Primary SchoolCurtin Intermediate SchoolLycoming Valley Intermediate SchoolWilliamsport Area Middle SchoolWilliamsport Area High School
The Williamsport Area Middle School building also houses the District Service Center.
The BLaST Intermediate Unit IU17 provides the District with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, background checks for employees, state mandated recognizing and reporting child abuse training, speech and visual disability services and criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.
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