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[[File:Map of Luzerne County Pennsylvania School District ts.png|300 px|upright=1]]Map of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania School Districts with the Dallas School District in blue in the northern part of the county.
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2000 Conyngham Avenue Dallas, Luzerne, Pennsylvania 18612 United States |
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Type | Public |
School board | 9 locally elected members |
Superintendent |
Dr Thomas J Duffy contract July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020, salary |
Administrator | Grant Palfey, Business Manager |
Staff | 148 non teaching staff members (2013) |
Faculty |
164 teachers (2014) |
Grades | K-12 |
Age | 5 years old to 21 years old special education |
Pupils |
2,700 pupils (2016) |
• Kindergarten | 156 (2013), 155 (2010) |
• Grade 1 | 181 (2013), 201 |
• Grade 2 | 188 (2013), 198 |
• Grade 3 | 2014 (2013), 212 |
• Grade 4 | 187 (2013), 223 |
• Grade 5 | 208 (2013), 212 |
• Grade 6 | 211 (2013), 236 |
• Grade 7 | 224 (2013), 216 |
• Grade 8 | 233 (2013), 235 |
• Grade 9 | 216 (2013), 210 |
• Grade 10 | 226 (2013), 226 |
• Grade 11 | 210 (2013), 216 |
• Grade 12 | 234 (2013), 189 (2010) |
• Other | Enrollment projected to decline to 2515 by 2020 |
Language | English |
Mascot | Mountaineers |
Budget |
$38.3 million (2016-17) |
Per-pupil spending |
$10,260 (2008) $12,262 (2013) |
Website | District Website |
[[File:Map of Luzerne County Pennsylvania School District
Dr Thomas J Duffy contract July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020, salary
164 teachers (2014)
2,700 pupils (2016)
2,680 (2014)
$38.3 million (2016-17)
$35,414,539.20 (2014-15)
$10,260 (2008)
The Dallas School District is a school district covering the Borough of Dallas and Dallas Township, Franklin Township and Kingston Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Dallas School District encompasses approximately 46 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 19,482. By 2010, the district's population rose to 20,558 people. The educational attainment levels for the Dallas School District population (25 years old and over) were 92.9% high school graduates and 35.6% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 15.5% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2013 the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that fewer than 10 of the students in the Dallas School District were homeless. In Luzerne County, the median household income was $44,402. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.
In 2009, the district residents' per capita Income was reported as $23,984 while the median family income was $60,285. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
According to district officials, in school year 2007-08 the Dallas School District provided basic educational services to 2,760 pupils through the employment of 160 teachers, 103 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 11 administrators. In school year 2013-14, the Dallas School District reported an enrollment of 2,751 pupils. District employed 185 teachers, 40 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 11 administrators. The district received $10,035,422 in funding from the state in 2013-14. The Federal government provided $788,331.