Mifflin County School District | |
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"Educate each student to meet life's challenges."
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Address | |
201 Eighth Street Lewistown, Pennsylvania, Mifflin County 17044 United States |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1966 |
Closed | Union Twp ES (2013), Strodes Mills MS (2011), Indian Valley SHS (2011), Kishacoquillas JSHS (1988), Lewistown Area SHS (2011), Lewistown MS (2011), Seventh Ward ES (2004), Armagh ES (2011), Brown ES, (2011), Buchanan ES (2011), Chief Logan Senior High School (1988), Derry ES (2004), Highland Park Area ES (2011), IVMS (2011) |
School board | 9 members elected at large |
Superintendent | Mr. James A. Estep Contract renewed July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020 salary $147,100 (Salary was $157,500 2012) |
Administrator |
Mr Sean A Daubert, Business Manager, Salary $108,617 (2012) |
Principal | Mr Michael H Lamarca, AES (Salary $97,461 2012) |
Principal | Mr Kevin J O'Donnell, Jr, EDES, IVES, IVIS (salary $89,000 2014) |
Principal | Mrs Jennifer Mitchell, LES (Salary $101,000 2014) |
Principal | Mr Paul J Maidens, LIS (salary $97,461 2012) |
Principal | Mr Mark A Crosson, Mifflin Co HS (salary $101,409 2012) |
Staff | 254 non teaching staff members (2012) |
Faculty | 358 teachers |
Grades | K-12 |
Age | 5 years old to 21 years old special education |
Pupils |
5,273 pupils (2013-14) |
• Kindergarten | 402 (2012), 392 (2010) |
• Grade 1 | 384 (2012), 398 |
• Grade 2 | 376 (2012), 401 |
• Grade 3 | 376 (2012), 408 |
• Grade 4 | 397 (2012), 421 |
• Grade 5 | 386 (2012), 457 |
• Grade 6 | 422 (2012), 414 |
• Grade 7 | 444 (2012), 423 |
• Grade 8 | 467 (2012), 428 |
• Grade 9 | 383 (2012), 482 |
• Grade 10 | 403 (2012), 409 |
• Grade 11 | 394 (2012), 421 |
• Grade 12 | 429 (2012), 418 (2010) |
• Other | Enrollment Projected to be 5,584 by 2019 |
Language | English |
Color(s) | Black, Purple, and Silver |
Mascot | Huskies |
Budget | $63,438,258 |
Tuition | ES - $7,117.61, HS - $8,056.97 |
per pupil spending | $10,079 (2008) |
per pupil spending | $11,987.42 (2013) |
Website | http://mcsdk12.org/ |
Mr Sean A Daubert, Business Manager, Salary $108,617 (2012)
Varner, Vance, Supervisor (salary $118,000 2012)
Jones, Tracey, Supervisor (salary $107,826 2012)
Hayes, Dawn, Coordinator (salary $98,031 2012)
Schaaf, Steven, Supervisor (salary $97,068 2012)
Starks, Michael, Supervisor (salary $95,048 2012)
Cunningham, Douglas, Director of Management Info Sys (salary $78,660 2012)
Maple, Darlene, Psychologist (salary $74,277 2012)
5,273 pupils (2013-14)
5,292 pupils (2012)
5,540 pupils (2010)
5,762 pupils (2008)
The Mifflin County School District is a midsized, rural public school district located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The district boundaries coincide with the boundaries of Mifflin County, minus the southwestern municipalities of Kistler and Newton Hamilton boroughs and Wayne Township, which are part of the Mount Union Area School District. Mifflin County School District encompasses approximately 362.3 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 46,486. Based on 2010 federal census data, the district's resident population grew to 46,682. The educational attainment levels for the Mifflin County School District population (25 years old and over) were 81.4% high school graduates and 11.1% college graduates.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 48.9% 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 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $15,612, while the median family income was $38,723. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Mifflin County the median household income was $37,539. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.
According to District officials, in the 2013-2014 school year, Mifflin County School District provided basic educational services to 5,436 pupils through the employment of 400 administrators and teachers and 214 full-time and part-time non-instructional staff. The superintendent is James Estep and the Director of Secondary Education is Mr. Vance S. Varner. In 2011-12, the District provided basic educational services to 5,336 pupils. It reported employing: 384 teachers, 229 full-time and part-time support personnel, and increasing to 30 administrators. The District received $30.9 million in state funding in the 2011-12 school year. In school year 2007-08, the MCSD enrollment was 5,691 pupils. In 2008, the District employed: 460 teachers, 402 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 27 administrators. Mifflin County School District received more than $28.7 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.