Scranton School District | |
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The school district administration building
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425 N Washington Ave Scranton, Pennsylvania Scranton, Lackawanna County United States of America |
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Type | Public |
Closed | Central Scranton HS (1991), East Scranton IS (2001), John J. Audubon #42 (2012), Lincoln-Jackson #14 (2011) |
School board | 9 locally elected members |
Superintendent |
Alexis Kirijan, Ed.D. contract July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020) Salary $150,000 with 2.5% raises |
Administrator |
Gregg L Sunday, Business Manager, salary $118,452 (2013) |
Principal |
John Coyle, HS $107,231 |
Staff | 425 non teaching staff members |
Faculty | 698 teachers |
Grades | preK-12 |
Enrollment |
10,009 pupils (2015) |
• Kindergarten | 773 (2014), 906 (2010) |
• Grade 1 | 803 (2014), 772 |
• Grade 2 | 785 (2014), 707 |
• Grade 3 | 818 (2014), 720 |
• Grade 4 | 757 (2014), 703 |
• Grade 5 | 716 (2014), 725 |
• Grade 6 | 678 (2014), 663 |
• Grade 7 | 671 (2014), 665 |
• Grade 8 | 706 (2014), 660 |
• Grade 9 | 713 (2014), 721 |
• Grade 10 | 748 (2014), 783 |
• Grade 11 | 665 (2014), 723 |
• Grade 12 | 694 (2014), 655 (2010) |
• Other | 483 (2014) |
Alexis Kirijan, Ed.D. contract July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020) Salary $150,000 with 2.5% raises
Gregg L Sunday, Business Manager, salary $118,452 (2013)
Gina Colarossi, salary $106,592
Catherine Opshinsky, $105,407
Ann M Genett, $105,407
John Coyle, HS $107,231
Jessica Leitzel-Aquilina, Frances Willard #32, $106,592
MELISSA E MCTIERNAN, South Scranton IS, $103,706
PAUL J DOUGHERTY, West Scranton IS, $103,706
ROBERT BUTKA JR, Northeast IS, $102,184
10,009 pupils (2015)
9,795 pupils (2013)
The Scranton School District is a large, urban school district located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It serves the city of Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The District encompasses approximately 26 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 76,089. By 2010, the District's population declined to 76,065 people. The educational attainment levels for the Scranton School District population (25 years old and over) were 83.9% high school graduates and 19.3% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 63.7% 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 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 144 students in the Scranton School District were homeless.
In 2009, Scranton School District residents’ per capita income was $16,174, while the median family income was $39,233. 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.
According to Scranton School District officials, in school year 2005-06, the Scranton School District provided basic educational services to 10,000 pupils through the employment of 900 teachers, 342 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 44 administrators. In 2006, the district students were: 72% white, 3% Asian, 11% black, 14% Hispanic and below 1% Native American.