The Avella Area School District is a diminutive, rural public school district serving less than 680 students in grades K-12. Approximately 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the school district's two schools are located on a beautiful rural campus that also facilitates a state certified day care and preschool. The district covers the Borough of West Middletown and Cross Creek Township, Hopewell Township and Independence Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The district is headquartered in the unincorporated Village of Avella. The district encompasses approximately 73 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 4,497. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $17,193, while the median family income was $42,246. According to District officials, in school year 2007–08 the Avella Area School District provided basic educational services to 670 pupils through the employment of 63 teachers, 35 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 4 administrators.
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