Mount Union Area School District
| Mount Union Area School District | |
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| Address | |
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28 West Market Street Mount Union, Pennsylvania 17066 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Superintendent | Dr. Brett Gilliland |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and Vegas Gold |
| Athletics conference | PIAA District 6 - Inter County Conference |
| Mascot | Trojans |
| Website | http://www.muasd.org/ |
The Mount Union Area School District is a public school district based in Mount Union, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 151 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 9,678. The school district includes all of Mount Union borough, Mapleton borough, Shirley Township and Union Township in Huntingdon County. The school district also includes Kistler borough, Newton Hamilton borough, and Wayne Township, all located in Mifflin County. According to District officials, in school year 2005-06 the MUASD provided basic educational services to 1,516 pupils through the employment of 132 teachers, 73 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators.
There are three elementary schools in the district (all K-6)
The Mount Union Area School District was ranked 457th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts, in 2010, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance on four years of PSSA results in: reading, writing, mathematics and two years of science.
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Mount Union Area School District, was in the 14th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)
The high school is in School Improvement II AYP status due to chronic, low student achievement in 2010.
According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 14% of Mount Union Area Senior High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.
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