page_title: Scranton School District (Pennsylvania)
hierarchical_section_title: Scranton School District (Pennsylvania)
caption_attribution_description: English: The administration building of the Scranton School District in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
context_page_description: The Scranton School District is a large, urban school district located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It serves the city of Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 26 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 76,089. By 2010, the district's population declined to 76,065 people. The educational attainment levels for the Scranton School District population were 83.9% high school graduates and 19.3% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
  According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 63.7% 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. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 145 students in the Scranton School District were homeless.
  In 2009, Scranton School District residents’ per capita income was $16,174, while the median family income was $39,233. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
context_section_description: The Scranton School District is a large, urban school district located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It serves the city of Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 26 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 76,089. By 2010, the district's population declined to 76,065 people. The educational attainment levels for the Scranton School District population (25 years old and over) were 83.9% high school graduates and 19.3% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
  According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 63.7% 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. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 145 students in the Scranton School District were homeless.
  In 2009, Scranton School District residents’ per capita income was $16,174, while the median family income was $39,233. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Lackawanna County, the median household income was $43,673. 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 Scranton School District officials, in school year 2005-06, the Scranton School District provided basic educational services to 10,000 pupils through the employment of 900 teachers, 342 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 44 administrators. In 2006, the district students were: 72% white, 3% Asian, 11% black, 14% Hispanic and below 1% Native American.
  The Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit IU19 provides the district with a wide variety of services like: specialized education for disabled students; state mandated training on recognizing and reporting child abuse; speech and visual disability services; criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.
caption: The school district administration building
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