The Carmichaels Area School District serves the Borough of Carmichaels and Cumberland Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The district operates one elementary school (Carmichaels Area Elementary Center), and one Junior/Senior High School, Carmichaels Area Junior/Senior High School. The district encompasses approximately 39 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 7,120. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $15,269, while the median family income was $36,276. 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 2005-06, Carmichaels Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,103 pupils. It employed: 81 teachers, 40 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. The district provides a taxpayer funded preschool program that is open to children who will be 3 or 4 years old, before September 1. The program began in 2008.
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