Schools
The West Mifflin Area School District is the public education provider for the borough. The district operates the following seven schools: the Early Childhood Education Center, Clara Barton Elementary, Homeville Elementary, New England Elementary, New Emerson Elementary, West Mifflin Area Middle School, and West Mifflin Area High School. Although the district bears the borough's name, it also provides PreSchool-12 education to the residents of Whitaker and high school education to a number of students residing in Duquesne.
All-State Career School has a campus in West Mifflin. Among offering other vocational programs, it is the only school in the area offering Class A CDL training. Class A CDL licenses have been in-demand in the area with the rise of fracking.
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