Clairton City School District
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Clairton City School District located in southern Allegheny County
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501 Waddell Avenue Clairton, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County 15025-1559 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School board | 9 locally elected members |
| Superintendent | Dr Wayde Killmeyer Ed.D. salary $120,000 (2012) |
| Administrator | Mr Charles Lanna, CPA, Business Manager $83,200 (2012) |
| Principal | Berger, Magi, ES, $86,000 |
| Staff | 43 non teaching staff members |
| Faculty | 69 teachers (2011) |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Age | 5 years old to 21 years old special education |
| Pupils | 793 pupils (2012-13), 782 pupils in 2010 |
| • Kindergarten | 82 |
| • Grade 1 | 67 |
| • Grade 2 | 74 |
| • Grade 3 | 71 |
| • Grade 4 | 52 |
| • Grade 5 | 53 |
| • Grade 6 | 60 |
| • Grade 7 | 57 |
| • Grade 8 | 53 |
| • Grade 9 | 38 |
| • Grade 10 | 56 |
| • Grade 11 | 59 |
| • Grade 12 | 71 |
| • Other | Enrollment is projected to decline to 650 pupils in 2016 |
| Color(s) | Orange and Black |
| Mascot | Bears |
| Yearbook | The Clairtonian |
| Budget |
$14,490,407 (2013-14) |
| Per pupil spending | $15,652 (2008) |
| Per pupil spending | $15,621.04 (2010) |
| Website | http://www.clairton.k12.pa.us/ |
$14,490,407 (2013-14)
$14.1 million 2012-13
$12,943,201 (2011-12) $12,634,000 (2009-10)
$13,223,000 (2008-09)
$12,607,000 (2007-08)
The Clairton City School District is a diminutive, suburban, public school district. The Clairton City School District encompasses approximately 1-square-mile (2.6 km2) serving the City of Clairton in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 8,491. By 2010, the district's population declined to 6,797 people. In 2009, Clairton City School District residents' per capita income was $14,608, while the median family income was $31,539. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
Clairton CIty School District officials reported that, in school year 2007-08, the District provided basic educational services to 808 pupils through the employment of 78 teachers, 40 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. Clairton CIty School District received more than $9.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. According to school district administrative officials, during the 2005-06 school year, the District provided basic educational services to 860 pupils. The District employed: 7 administrators, 99 teachers, and 31 full-time and part-time support personnel. Special education services were provided by both the District and the Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3. Occupational training and adult education in various vocational and technical fields were provided by the district and the Steel Center Area Vocational-Technical School.
Clairton CIty School District operates Clairton Middle School High School (7th-12th) and Clairton Elementary School (K-6th) both housed in a single building.
In July 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) released a report identifying Clairton City School District schools as among the lowest-achieving schools for reading and mathematics in 2011. Clairton City Elementary School and Clairton City Middle High School are both among the 15% lowest-achieving schools in the Commonwealth. Parents and students may be eligible for scholarships to transfer to another public or nonpublic school through the state's Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program passed in June 2012. The scholarships are limited to those students whose family's income is less than $60,000 annually, with another $12,000 allowed per dependent. Maximum scholarship award is $8,500, with special education students receiving up to $15,000 for a year's tuition. Parents pay any difference between the scholarship amount and the receiving school's tuition rate. Students may seek admission to neighboring public school districts. Each year the PDE publishes the tuition rate for each individual public school district. Fifty three public schools in Allegheny County are among the lowest-achieving schools in 2011. According to the report, parents in 414 public schools (74 school districts) were offered access to these scholarships. For the 2012-13 school year, eight public school districts in Pennsylvania had all of their schools placed on the list, including: Sto-Rox School District, Chester Upland School District, Clairton City School District, Duquesne City School District, Farrell Area School District, Wilkinsburg Borough School District, William Penn School District and Steelton-Highspire School District. Funding for the scholarships comes from donations by businesses which receive a partial state business tax credit for donating.
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