Tunkhannock Area School District is a midsized rural/suburban public school district serving most of Wyoming County in northeast Pennsylvania in the United States. Tunkhannock Area School District encompasses approximately 397 square miles (1,030 km2). According to 2010 federal census data, Tunkhannock Area School District serves a resident population of 28,276. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $18,112, while the median family income was $44,626. 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 the Tunkhannock Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,892 pupils through the employment of 229 teachers, 164 full-time and part-time support personnel; as well as 24 administrators. Tunkhannock Area School District received more than $18.3 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
The district operates six schools - Roslund Elementary in Tunkhannock, Mehoopany Elementary in Mehoopany Township, Mill City Elementary in Dalton, PA, Evans Falls Elementary in Monroe Township, the Tunkhannock Area Middle School in Tunkhannock, and the Tunkhannock Area High School in Tunkhannock. The school mascot is the Tiger.
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