The Blairsville-Saltsburg School District is a small, rural school district that spans portions of two counties. In Indiana County it covers the Boroughs of Blairsville and Saltsburg and Black Lick Township, Burrell Township and Conemaugh Township. In Westmoreland County it covers Loyalhanna Township. The district encompasses approximately 142 square miles (370 km2). Per the 2000 Census, the district had approximately 16,000 residents. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 14,363 people. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $15,663, while the median family income was $37,257. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Per Blairsville-Saltsburg School District officials, in school year 2007-08, the District provided basic educational services to 1,947 pupils. It employed: 155 teachers, 98 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 11 administrators. Blairsville-Saltsburg School District' received more than $13.9 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
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