The Jim Thorpe Area School District is located in the United States state of Pennsylvania. It comprises the borough of Jim Thorpe and the townships of Penn Forest and South Kidder. It covers a total area of 137 square miles (350 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 11,428. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $17,444, while the median family income was $42,637. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. District officials reported in school year 2007-08, that Jim Thorpe Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,364 pupils. It employed: 161 teachers, 59 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. Jim Thorpe Area School District received more than $4.8 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
Jim Thorpe Area School District operates three schools: L.B Morris Preschool and full day kindergarten - 6th grade, Penn Kidder K - 8th grade, and Jim Thorpe Area High School. The high school grades 7th through 12th. LB Morris is located in the town of Jim Thorpe. Penn Kidder Campus is located about 15 miles (24 km) from Jim Thorpe in the town of Albrightsville.
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