Leechburg Area School District
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210 Penn Avenue Leechburg, Pennsylvania, Armstrong County and Westmoreland County 15656 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Closed | Leechburg Middle School (2007), Gilpin ES (1996) |
| School board | 9 members elected at large |
| Superintendent | Terence Meehan, $125,000 eff January 2014 5 year contract |
| Administrator | Mr Mark A Lukacs, business manager |
| Staff | 55.9 non teaching staff members |
| Faculty | 57 teachers |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Pupils | 812 students (2012), 798 students (2009–10) |
| • Kindergarten | 61 |
| • Grade 1 | 55 |
| • Grade 2 | 63 |
| • Grade 3 | 62 |
| • Grade 4 | 62 |
| • Grade 5 | 58 |
| • Grade 6 | 61 |
| • Grade 7 | 66 |
| • Grade 8 | 63 |
| • Grade 9 | 68 |
| • Grade 10 | 70 |
| • Grade 11 | 54 |
| • Grade 12 | 48 |
| Graduates (2008) | 46 |
| Per Pupil Spending | $12,755.63 (2008) |
| Per Pupil Spending | $14,034.96 (2010) |
| Per Pupil Spending | $13,921.52 (2011) |
| Website | http://www.leechburg.k12.pa.us |
The Leechburg Area School District is a small, public school district serving K–12 students from Leechburg Borough and Gilpin Township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and West Leechburg Borough in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. It encompasses approximately 20 square miles (52 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 6,263. By 2010, the district's population had declined to 5,938 people. In 2009, the residents’ per capita income was $17,586, while the median family income was $42,950. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.
According to district officials, in school year 2009-10, Leechburg Area School District provided basic educational services to 826 pupils. It employed: 69 teachers, 32 full-time and part-time support personnel, and nine administrators. Leechburg Area School District received more than $5.8 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
Leechburg Area School District operates just two schools: David Leech Elementary School and Leechburg Area Middle/High School.
The high school building was originally built in 1922, and the elementary building in 1955. Both school facilities underwent a major renovation in the mid-1990s. This work combined the separate elementary and high school buildings into one building. The Baker building was also connected by using a sky walk. Afterward, it was possible to reach any part of the 3 buildings without traveling outside, increasing security and keeping students from having to cross a public road to get into the Baker Building. The renovation also included new doors that were not able to be opened from the outside during school hours. The renovation of the facilities cost approximately $12 million.
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