Williamsport Area School District | |
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Address | |
2780 West Fourth Street Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Lycoming 17701 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
School board | 9 locally elected members |
Superintendent | Dr. Don Adams, salary $140,000 in 2013 Contract July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016. Dr. Kathleen Kelley retired 2013 |
Administrator |
Peter D Chapla, ASST Super Contract August 20, 2014 to August 19, 2017 |
Principal | Cindy Schuyler, CPS |
Principal | Dr Robert Williams, HLPS |
Principal | Kirk Felix, JPS |
Principal | Timothy Fausnaught, LVES |
Principal |
James Ellis, SPS |
Staff | 392 non teaching staff members (2013) |
Faculty | 375.90 teachers (2014) |
Grades | K-12 |
Age | 5 years old to 21 years old special education students |
Pupils |
4,997 pupils (2015) |
• Kindergarten | 442 (2012), 440 (2010) |
• Grade 1 | 440 (2012), 459 |
• Grade 2 | 436 (2012), 396 |
• Grade 3 | 389 (2012), 422 |
• Grade 4 | 394 (2012), 464 |
• Grade 5 | 380 (2012), 384 |
• Grade 6 | 391 (2012), 381 |
• Grade 7 | 438 (2012), 390 |
• Grade 8 | 390 (2012), 381 |
• Grade 9 | 350 (2012), 462 |
• Grade 10 | 402 (2012), 483 |
• Grade 11 | 380 (2017), 447 |
• Grade 12 | 391 (2012), 464 (2010) |
• Other | Enrollment projected to be at 5,364 pupils by 2019 |
Language | English |
Mascot | Millionaires |
Website | http://www.wasd.org/wasdpa/site/default.asp |
Peter D Chapla, ASST Super Contract August 20, 2014 to August 19, 2017
James Ellis, SPS
Reginald Fatherly, WAMS
4,997 pupils (2015)
5,134 pupils (2013)
5,209 pupils (2012)
5,573 pupils (2010)
The Williamsport Area School District is one of several public school districts in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The district is centered on the city of Williamsport and also serves the neighboring Lewis, Hepburn, Lycoming, Old Lycoming, and Woodward townships. The district encompasses approximately 98 square miles (250 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 44,192. By 2010, the District's population had declined to 41,757 people. The educational attainment levels for the Williamsport Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 85.5% high school graduates and 17.4% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 62.5% 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 2009, the District residents’ per capita income was $15,693, while the median family income was $37,157. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Lycoming County, the median household income was $45,430. 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.