Indiana Area School District
| Indiana Area School District | |
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501 East Pike Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana County 15701 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School board |
President: Thomas Harley Vice President: John Barbor Chairman: John Uccellini Voting Member: Robert Gongaware Voting Member: Diana Paccapaniccia Voting Member: Brian Petersen Voting Member: Deborah Clawson Voting Member: Julia Trimarchi Cuccaro Voting Member: Hilliary Creely |
| Superintendent | Mr. Dale Kirsch |
| School number | 724-463-8713 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Color(s) | Black and Red |
| Fight song | Cherokee |
| Mascot | Indians |
| Website | http://www.iasd.cc/ |
President: Thomas Harley
Vice President: John Barbor
Chairman: John Uccellini
Voting Member: Robert Gongaware
Voting Member: Diana Paccapaniccia
Voting Member: Brian Petersen
Voting Member: Deborah Clawson
Voting Member: Julia Trimarchi Cuccaro
Indiana Area School District is a public school district in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It is composed of White Township and Armstrong Township, along with Indiana and Shelocta boroughs.
The IASD has four elementary schools, 2 serve for grades k-3, and two serving for 4-5, and each serving a different part of the district. Ben Franklin Elementary (K-3) and Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary school (4-5) serve Shelocta, Armstrong Township, west-central White Township, mostly the northwest corner of White Township, but also a small strip of western and southwestern White Township and the western third of Indiana Borough. East Pike Elementary School (K-3)and Horace Mann Elementary School (4-5)serve the eastern third of White Township, the northeastern corner of Indiana Borough, southern Indiana Borough and south-central and most of southwestern White Township.
IASD has two secondary schools. Indiana Area Junior High School (IJHS) contains grades 6-8, and Indiana Area Senior High School (IHS) contains grades 9-12.
Approximately 32,000 people live in the IASD, and 3,000 students enroll in the district. The average graduation rate is 92%, and the average graduating class contains 250 students. Approximately 76% of all graduates enroll in some sort of post-secondary education. As of 2005, district employs 257 staff members, 202 of whom have their master's degree or above. On average, each staff member has 17 years of experience with the district.
The IASD consistently demonstrates that it is in the top tier of public school districts. Recently, it was ranked as one of the top 100 school districts by Offspring Magazine.
The IASD does especially well on standardized tests. It was once ranked third, out of 501 school districts, in scores on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, or PSSAs, given to all 5th, 8th, and 11th grade students, and has received numerous accolades for its journalism and social studies programs, including a $349,000 grant given to the senior high history program. In addition, graduating classes have averaged up to 40 more points on the Scholastic Aptitude Test than the national average.
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