page_title: Hazleton, Pennsylvania
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Hazleton, Pennsylvania / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States Public School Districts (English) Español: Mapa de los distritos escolares del Condado de Luzerne (inglés)
context_page_description: Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,340 at the 2010 census. Hazleton is the second largest city in Luzerne County. It was incorporated as a borough on January 5, 1857, and as a city on December 4, 1891.
context_section_description: The first school was built in the 1830s by the Hazleton Coal Company. It was a private elementary school at the corner of Church and Green Streets (the present-day site of Hazleton City Hall). Hazleton High School (the first high school) was built in 1875 at the corner of Pine and Hemlock Streets (the present-day site of the Pine Street Playground). Bishop Hafey High School was Hazleton's only Roman Catholic High School; it was owned by the Diocese of Scranton. It was opened in 1971 and closed in 2007 (by the order of former Bishop Joseph F. Martino).
caption: Hazleton Area School District (in pink)
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