Southmoreland School District
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200 Scottie Way Scottdale, PA, Westmoreland and Fayette, 15612 15683-1026 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Superintendent | Dr. John A. Molnar beginning July 2011 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Pupils | 1981 enrolled 2010 |
| • Kindergarten | 160 |
| • Grade 1 | 139 |
| • Grade 2 | 156 |
| • Grade 3 | 144 |
| • Grade 4 | 144 |
| • Grade 5 | 136 |
| • Grade 6 | 151 |
| • Grade 7 | 150 |
| • Grade 8 | 160 |
| • Grade 9 | 165 |
| • Grade 10 | 148 |
| • Grade 11 | 171 |
| • Grade 12 | 158 |
| • Other | enrollment projected to be 1896 pupils in 2020 |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Mascot | Scotties |
| Newspaper | Tam O' Shanter |
| Website | http://www.southmoreland.net/ |
Southmoreland School District is a small, suburban public school district located in northern Fayette County, Pennsylvania and southern Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The boroughs of Scottdale and Everson, as well as the townships of East Huntington and Upper Tyrone are within district boundaries. Southmoreland School District encompasses approximately 43 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 15,639. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $15,876, while the median family income was $38,993. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08, Southmoreland School District provided basic educational services to 2,146 pupils. It employed: 156 teachers, 77 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators. Southmoreland School District received more than $12.6 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
The school district is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve 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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