Laurel Highlands School District

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Laurel Highlands School District
Map of Fayette County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
Address
304 Bailey Avenue
Uniontown
, Pennsylvania, 15401
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK-12
Established1965;58 years ago (1965)
NCES District ID 4213320 [1]
Students and staff
Enrollment2,743 (2020-2021) [1]
Staff190.00 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio14.44 [1]
District mascotMustangs
ColorsRed, white and blue
Other information
Website www.lhsd.org

Laurel Highlands School District is a public school district located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves North and South Union Townships. Laurel Highlands School District encompasses approximately 55 square miles. According to the 2000 federal census, it serves a resident population of 25,477. The residents' per capita income was $16,768, while the median family income was $37,681 a year. [2] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 [3] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. [4] According to Laurel Highlands School District officials, for the school year 2020–2021, Laurel Highlands School District provided basic educational services to 2,743 pupils. [1]

Contents

History

LHSD was created in 1965, merging rivals North Union and South Union School Districts. The change did not become official until the 1967-1968 school term. Students attended high school in the former high schools until completion of the current high school in 1972.

Schools

Elementary schools

John F. Kennedy Elementary School was part of the school district until it was closed after the 2003–2004 school year. It was later turned into a mental health treatment facility, called New Directions, for school age children.

Laurel Highlands Middle School

The building opened as South Laurel Junior High School in 1968, housing grades seven through nine. Originally, students from the district's three elementary schools in South Union Township (Areford, Hatfield, and Hutchinson) attended South Laurel Junior High. When North Laurel, the other junior high, was closed in 1984, it was renamed Laurel Highlands Junior High School. Ninth grade was moved to the high school, and the new merged junior high housed all Laurel Highlands students in grades seven and eight. After an extensive renovation was completed in August 2003, the school was renamed Laurel Highlands Middle School, with students in grades six through eight attending.

Laurel Highlands High School

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