page_title: Farmington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Farmington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania / Education
caption_attribution_description: Map of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States Public School Districts
context_page_description: Farmington Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 637 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: Residents of Farmington Township may attend the local, public schools operated by Northern Tioga School District which provides full day kindergarten through 12th grade. In 2013, the District's enrollment declined to 2,085 students kindergarten through 12th grade. Each elementary school provides a taxpayer funded preschool classroom. In 2013, Northern Tioga School District ranked 389th out of 498 public schools for academic achievement of its pupils, by the Pittsburgh Business Times.
  Farmington Township residents may also apply to attend any of the Commonwealth's 14 public cyber charter schools (in 2013) at no additional cost to the parents. The resident’s public school district is required to pay the charter school and cyber charter school tuition for residents who attend these public schools. By Commonwealth law, if the District provides transportation for its own students, then the District must provide transportation to any school that lies within 10 miles of its borders. Residents may also seek admission for their school aged child to any other public school district. When accepted for admission, the student's parents are responsible for paying an annual tuition fee set by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In 2012, the tuition fees for Northern Tioga School District were: Elementary School - $8,463.08, High School - $9,853.49.
  BLaST Intermediate Unit #17 provides a wide variety of services to children living in its region which includes Farmington Township. Early screening, special educations services, speech and hearing therapy and many other services like driver education are available. Services for children during the preschool years are provided without cost to their families when the child is determined to meet eligibility requirements.
  Community members have access to the Westfield Public Library which is located on Maple Street, in Westfield; the Elkland Area Community Library located on East Parkway Avenue, in Elkland, the Green Free Library located in Mansfield and to the statewide PA Power Library  which is an online library funded with tax dollars from the state's education budget.
  Mansfield University of Pennsylvania is a state university located in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Residents may take courses at a discounted tuition rate for state residents.
caption: Map of Tioga County, Pennsylvania School Districts
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