Philipsburg-Osceola School District

Philipsburg-Osceola School District

Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District is a small, rural, public school district located in a region which straddles two central Pennsylvania counties. In Centre County it serves: Rush Township and Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania. In Clearfield County it serves: Wallaceton and Decatur Township, Chester Hill, Osceola Mills. It was created by the joining of Osceola High School and Philipsburg High School. The district encompasses approximately 222 square miles (570 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 14,228. By 2010, the Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District's population grew to 15,410 people. In 2009, the Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District residents’ per capita income was $15,752, while the median family income was $36,746. 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 2009-10, Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,959 pupils through the employment of 159 teachers, 147 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators. Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District received more than $14.3 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. In the 2007-08 school year, the Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,026 pupils. It employed 165 teachers, 97 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 12 administrators.