Farrell Area School District
| Farrell Area School District south sharon |
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1700 Roemer Boulevard Farrell, Pennsylvania, Mercer County United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Closed | John Hetra Early Childhood Education Center (2012) |
| School board | 9 elected members |
| Superintendent | Rev. Lora Adams-King |
| Administrator |
William Dungee, Business Manager |
| Principal | Tracy Hood , HS |
| Principal | Japraunika Wright, ES |
| Head teacher |
Michelle Schwartz, Supervisor of Special Education Matthew Vannoy, Athletic Director |
| Staff | 99 non teaching staff members 2011 |
| Faculty | 78 teachers 2011 |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Age | 4-year-old preschool to 21-year-old special education |
| Number of students | 801 (2011), 800 (2009-2010) |
| • Kindergarten | 79 |
| • Grade 1 | 69 |
| • Grade 2 | 64 |
| • Grade 3 | 63 |
| • Grade 4 | 60 |
| • Grade 5 | 68 |
| • Grade 6 | 76 |
| • Grade 7 | 55 |
| • Grade 8 | 64 |
| • Grade 9 | 65 |
| • Grade 10 | 66 |
| • Grade 11 | 47 |
| • Grade 12 | 51 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to decline to 600 pupils by 2019. |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Budget |
$15,886,372 (2013-14 |
| Per pupil spending | $15,602 (2008) |
| Per pupil spending | $19,887.27 (2011) rank 36th in PA |
| Website | http://www.farrellareaschools.com/ |
William Dungee, Business Manager
Rev. Stephen Bennefield, Director of Technology
Michelle Schwartz, Supervisor of Special Education
$15,886,372 (2013-14
$15.29 million (2012-13)
$15,247,761 (2011-12)
$16,274,000 (2009-10)
$14,518,000 (2008-09)
$13,840,000 (2007-08)
The Farrell Area School District is a diminutive, rural, public school district serving parts of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Farrell Area School District encompasses approximately 3 square miles (7.8 km2) including: the communities of Farrell and Wheatland, both of which are adjacent to the much larger Sharon, Pennsylvania. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 6,798. By 2010, the District's population declined to 5,739 people. In 2009, Farrell Area School District residents' per capita income was $14,623, while the median family income was $29,821.
For the 1997-98 school year, the Farrell Area School Board approved a budget of approximately $10.2 million to educate 1,203 students. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08, the Farrell Area School District provided basic educational services to 953 pupils through the employment of 97 teachers, 8 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 4 administrators. Farrell Area School District received more than $9.9 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. The District reported having 860 pupils enrolled in 2009-10. It employed: 94 teachers, 63 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 5 administrators. Farrell Area School District received $9.2 million in state funding in the 2009-10 school year.
Farrell Area School District operates one elementary school and a combined junior/senior high school.
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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