# Altoona Area School District

The Altoona Area School District is a large, urban, public school district based in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The school district encompasses 59.6 square miles (154 km$^2$), which includes all of Altoona, Logan Township and a small portion of Tyrone Township.
According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 63,248. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Altoona Area School District provided basic educational services to 7,946 pupils. The district employed 569 teachers, 557 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 36 administrators. Altoona Area School District had a student body of approximately 8,000 in 2000, it was the 18th largest school district in Pennsylvania. It is one of the largest employers in Blair County with a staff of over 1,500. In 2002, the Altoona Area School District achieved its long-term goal of becoming ISO 9001 certified. It was the fifth school district in the United States to achieve this designation.

## Boundary

The district includes all of Altoona and Logan Township, and a small portion of Tyrone Township. It includes the census-designated places of East Altoona, Elberta, Eldorado, Juniata Gap, Mill Run, Newburg, Red Hill, Sickles Corner, and Wopsononock. It also includes most of each of the following CDPs: Greenwood and Lakemont.

## Schools

The Altoona Area School District operates fifteen campuses, including one senior high, one junior high, and eight elementary schools. There are also several support locations.

### Secondary schools

* Altoona Area High School
* Altoona Area Junior High School - It replaced Keith and Roosevelt middle schools.
* William P. Kimmel Alternative School
* Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center

### Elementary schools

* McAuliffe Heights Program at Irving
* Juniata Elementary
* Juniata Gap Elementary
* Logan Elementary
* Baker Elementary
* Ebner Elementary
* Penn-Lincoln Elementary
** It was constructed in 1961 and 1962, and had an addition in 1996.
* Pleasant Valley Elementary
* The Learning Express at WJ - preschool
* Wright Elementary (Now Closed)
* Washington & Jefferson Elementary (Now Serves as The Learning Express at WJ Preschool)

## Extracurriculars

The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. It owns three fields with artificial turfs that enhance physical education, intramural and interscholastic athletic opportunities.

## Former schools

* D.S. Keith Middle School - It was constructed in 1930, and closed in 2008.
* Roosevelt Middle School - It was constructed circa 1924, and closed in 2008.
* Wilson Elementary (Eveningtide Avenue and Hemlock Street)
** Still standing as Woodrow Wilson Apartments
* Lowell Elementary (1601 5th Ave., Juniata)
* Wehnwood Elementary (320 E. Wopsononock Ave.)
** Still standing as Blair-Bedford Central Labor Council
* Keystone Elementary (1601 5th Ave., Juniata)
* Jefferson Elementary(4th Ave. and 2nd Street)
** Now Jefferson Park
* Fairview Elementary (331 22nd Ave.)
** Now Fairview Apartments
* Garfield Elementary (1428 20th St.)
** Building demolished, now a vacant lot
* Curtain Elementary (2900 block West Chestnut Avenue)
** building partially demolished
* Edison Elementary
** (building demolished, now Ebner Elementary)