Penn Cambria School District

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Penn Cambria School District
Map of Cambria County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
Address
201 6th Street
Cresson
, Pennsylvania, 16630
United States of America
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreschool-12
Established1966
Students and staff
District mascotPanthers
ColorsBlue and Black
Other information
Website http://www.pcam.org/
Penn Cambria School District region in Blair County Map of Blair County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
Penn Cambria School District region in Blair County

Penn Cambria School District is a small, rural, public school district located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the boroughs of Ashville, Cresson, Gallitzin, Lilly, Loretto, Sankertown and Tunnelhill in both Blair County and Cambria County. As well as the townships of Allegheny, Cresson, Dean, Gallitzin, Munster, and Washington. Penn Cambria covers 108 square miles (280 km2) in east-central Cambria County. According to 2000 federal census data, Penn Cambria School District served a resident population of 16,744. By 2010, the district's population increased to 17,359 people. [1] The educational attainment levels for the School District population (25 years old and over) were 88.8% high school graduates and 14.9% college graduates. [2] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

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According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 37.2% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. [3] In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $13,603, while the median family income was $40,432. [4] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 [5] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. [6] In Cambria County, the median household income was $39,574. [7] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. [8]

Board of Directors

Penn Cambria has nine school directors as in accordance with state law. Approximately half of the school board is up for election every two years.

The Superintendent of Penn Cambria School District is currently William Marshall.

NamePosition
George PyoPresident
Justin RobertsVice President and Vo-Tech Committeeman
Rodney McCarthySecretary
Jeffrey StohonTreasurer
Matthew KearneyMember
Caleb DrenningMember
Terry KrugMember
Michael SheehanVo-Tech Committeeman
Guy MonicaMember

School Buildings

Penn Cambria has five school buildings, each serves a certain number of grade levels:

School NameGrade LevelAdministrator
Penn Cambria Pre-Primary SchoolGrades PreK-KindergartenJoesph Smorto
Penn Cambria Primary SchoolGrades 1-2Joseph Smorto
Penn Cambria Intermediate SchoolGrades 3-4Joseph Smorto
Penn Cambria Middle SchoolGrades 5-8Dane Harrold
Penn Cambria High SchoolGrades 9-12Kaitlyn Kalwanaski

High school students may choose to attend Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Appalachia Intermediate Unit IU8 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 professional development for staff and faculty.

High School Athletics

Middle School Sports:

According to PIAA directory July 2015 [9]

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