Uniontown Area School District | |
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Address | |
23 East Church Street Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Fayette 15401 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
Superintendent | Dr. Charles D. Machesky |
Specialist | Dr Annette Conti, Director of Special Education |
Administrator | Sonya Over, Business Manager |
Grades | K-12 |
Enrollment | 2948 (2009–2010) |
• Kindergarten | 229 |
• Grade 1 | 243 |
• Grade 2 | 222 |
• Grade 3 | 222 |
• Grade 4 | 216 |
• Grade 5 | 245 |
• Grade 6 | 203 |
• Grade 7 | 228 |
• Grade 8 | 237 |
• Grade 9 | 241 |
• Grade 10 | 219 |
• Grade 11 | 218 |
• Grade 12 | 225 |
• Other | Enrollment declining to 2595 in 2019 |
Color(s) | Maroon and White |
Mascot | Red Raiders |
Website | http://uasdraiders.org// |
Uniontown Area School District is a highly fragmented midsized, rural public school district located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It serves the city of Uniontown and the boroughs of Ohiopyle, and Markleysburg. It also serves Wharton, Henry Clay, Menallen, Franklin, and Stewart townships. The district encompasses approximately 250 square miles. Based on 2000 federal census data, the district serves a resident population of 26,925. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $14,621, while the median family income was $33,750. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Per School District officials, in school year 2005–06 the Uniontown Area School District provided basic educational services to 3,418 pupils. It employed: 262 teachers, 158 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 15 administrators.
The school district is governed by John Cena, 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 on grade level reading and math skills.