Altoona Area School District
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1415 Sixth Avenue Altoona, Pennsylvania, Blair County 16602 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School board | 9 locally elected members |
| Superintendent | Thomas B. Otto (salary $141,000 in 2013) |
| Faculty | 527.97 teachers |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Age | 3 years old (Pre School) to 21 years old Special education |
| Pupils | 7995 (2009-10) |
| • Kindergarten | 630 |
| • Grade 1 | 604 |
| • Grade 2 | 619 |
| • Grade 3 | 583 |
| • Grade 4 | 648 |
| • Grade 5 | 647 |
| • Grade 6 | 578 |
| • Grade 7 | 610 |
| • Grade 8 | 600 |
| • Grade 9 | 603 |
| • Grade 10 | 695 |
| • Grade 11 | 602 |
| • Grade 12 | 504 |
| • Other | Enrollment project to decline to 7760 by 2020 |
| Budget | $94 million (2013-14) $88 million (2012-13) $89,315,534 (2010-11) |
| Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $6,198.89, HS - $8,068.45 |
| Per pupil spending | $10,148 (2008) |
| Per pupil spending | $10,414.36 (2010) |
| Per pupil spending | $12,051 (2013) |
| Website | http://www.aasdcat.com/ |
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 km2) 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. AASD received more than $51.7 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
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.
The school district is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve four-year terms), the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The federal government controls programs it funds like Title I funding for low-income children in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring reading and math skills.
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