Williamsport Area School District

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Williamsport Area School District
Map of Lycoming County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
Address
2780 West Fourth Street
Williamsport
, Lycoming , Pennsylvania, 17701
United States
District information
TypePublic
Students and staff
District mascotMillionaires
ColorsCherry & White
Other information
Website http://www.wasd.org/

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. [1] 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. [2] 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 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 $15,693, while the median family income was $37,157. [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 Lycoming County, the median household income was $45,430. [7] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. [8] In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700. [9]

The district currently operates seven schools:

The Williamsport Area Middle School building also houses the District Service Center. [10]

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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