Purchase Line School District
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16559 Rte 286 Hwy E Commodore, Pennsylvania, Clearfield County and Indiana County 15729 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1954 |
| Closed | North Elementary School 2012 |
| Superintendent | Superintendent Bradley |
| Faculty | 84.5 teachers in 2010 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Age | 5 year old to 21 years old for special education |
| Enrollment | 1033 pupils |
| • Kindergarten | 75 |
| • Grade 1 | 60 |
| • Grade 2 | 84 |
| • Grade 3 | 73 |
| • Grade 4 | 93 |
| • Grade 5 | 82 |
| • Grade 6 | 83 |
| • Grade 7 | 88 |
| • Grade 8 | 86 |
| • Grade 9 | 109 |
| • Grade 10 | 73 |
| • Grade 11 | 83 |
| • Grade 12 | 75 |
| • Other | Enrollment is projected to decline to 900 pupils by 2020 |
| Color(s) | Red and Gray |
| Mascot | Red Dragons |
| Budget | $18,339,654 (2012) |
| Per pupil spending | $14,022 (2008) |
| Per pupil spending | $16,683.21 (2010) |
| Website | http://www.plsd.k12.pa.us/ |
Purchase Line School District is a small, public school district located in central Pennsylvania which covers small areas in two counties. It serves a rural region, including the townships of Montgomery and Green, and the Borough of Glen Campbell in Indiana County. It also serves the Boroughs of New Washington, Burnside, Mahaffey, Newburg, and Bell Township in Clearfield County. Purchase Line School District encompasses approximately 144 square miles (370 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, Purchase Line Area School District serves a resident population of 7,687. In 2009, the District residents’ per capita income was $12,174, while the median family income was $31,893. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Per Purchase Line School District officials, in school year 2009-10 the District provided basic educational services to 1,037 pupils through the employment of 96 teachers, 72 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. Purchase Line School District received more than $11.3 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
Purchase Line was established in 1954, and soon after, the Purchase Line Junior/Senior High School and the present South Elementary was built. In 1976, the North and South Elementary Schools were constructed. The Jr.-Sr. High School was renovated at the beginning of the 21st-century. In 2011, the school board announced an intention to close North Elementary School.
The Purchase Line School District is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serving four-year terms), the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The federal government controls programs it funds like Title I funding for low-income children in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring reading and math skills.
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