Mount Carmel Area School District is a small, suburban, public school district in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It serves Mount Carmel, Kulpmont, Marion Heights, and Mount Carmel Township in Northumberland County, as well as the borough of Centralia in Columbia County, with one elementary school and one high school. The Mount Carmel Area School District encompasses approximately 24 square miles (62 km2). According to 2000 local census data, it serves a resident population of 12,815. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $15,294, while the median family income was $35,239. Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08 the Mount Carmel Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,695 pupils through the employment of 120 teachers, 136 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 4 administrators. The Mount Carmel Area School District received more than $10.9 million in state funding, for school year 2007-08. In school year 2009-10, Mount Carmel Area School District had 1,595 pupils. The District reported that it employed 120 teachers, 136 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 4 administrators.
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