page_title: Avella Area School District
section_title: Mission
hierarchical_section_title: Avella Area School District / Mission
caption_attribution_description: Avella Area Elementary School
context_page_description: The Avella Area School District is a small, rural public school district serving less than 680 students in grades K-12. Approximately 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the school district's two schools are located on a rural campus that also has a state certified day care and preschool. The district covers the Borough of West Middletown and Cross Creek Township, Hopewell Township and Independence Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The district is headquartered in the unincorporated Village of Avella. The Avella Area School District encompasses approximately 73 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 4,497. By 2010, the district's population declined to 4,210 people. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $17,193, while the median family income was $42,246. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.
  According to District officials, in school year 2007–08 the Avella Area School District provided basic educational services to 670 pupils.
context_section_description: The mission of the Avella Area School District is to promote responsible citizenship and the pursuit of educational excellence for every student.
caption: Avella Area Elementary School
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