Lakeland School District, Pennsylvania
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1355 Lakeland Drive Scott Township, Pennsylvania  , Lackawanna County 18433-3140United States 
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School board | 9 locally elected members |
| Superintendent | R. Scott Jeffery, M'ed (contract July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2017) |
| Administrator |
Brian Cooney, Business Manager |
| Principal | James Pivirotto, JSHS |
| Principal | Alan King, LES |
| Principal | Kevin Sullivan, MES |
| Staff | 49 non teaching staff members |
| Faculty | 93 teachers (2013) |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Age | 5 years old to 21 years old special education |
| Pupils |
1,520 pupils (2014), |
| • Kindergarten | 123 (2013) 134 (2010) |
| • Grade 1 | 107 (2013) 108 (2010) |
| • Grade 2 | 115 (2013) 116 (2010) |
| • Grade 3 | 119 (2013) 126 (2010) |
| • Grade 4 | 104 (2013) 121 (2010) |
| • Grade 5 | 120 (2013) 118 (2010) |
| • Grade 6 | 135 (2013) 126 (2010) |
| • Grade 7 | 122 (2013) 123 (2010) |
| • Grade 8 | 115 (2013) 127 (2010) |
| • Grade 9 | 124 (2013) 112 (2010) |
| • Grade 10 | 100 (2013) 130 (2010) |
| • Grade 11 | 125 (2013) 144 (2010) |
| • Grade 12 | 111 (2013) 134 (2010) |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to be 1,200 pupils in 2020 |
| Language | English |
| Color(s) | Red White and Blue |
| Budget | $20.8 million (2015-16) |
| per pupil spending | $9,381 (2008) |
| per pupils spending | $11,717.62 (2010) |
| Website | http://www.lakelandsd.org/ |
Brian Cooney, Business Manager
1,520 pupils (2014),
1,545 pupils (2012-13)
1,598 pupils (2009-10)
The Lakeland School District is a small, rural, public school district located in northern Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It comprises the boroughs of Jermyn and Mayfield and the townships of Carbondale (to be distinguished from the city of Carbondale which it partially surrounds), Greenfield, and Scott. It was organized June 30, 1968 as a jointure among the three districts previously serving the five municipalities. Lakeland School District encompasses an area of 66.2 square miles (171 km2). Lakeland School District attendance area had a population of 11,966, according to the 2000 federal census. By 2010, the District's population increased to 12,097 people. The educational attainment levels for the School District population (25 years old and over) were 91.8% high school graduates and 24.7% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 29.2% of the District’s pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, Lakeland School District residents' per capita income was $18,876, while the median family income was $45,653 a year. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Lackawanna County, the median household income was $43,673. 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.
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