Schools
- Selinsgrove Area High School has under 900 students in grades 9-12.The school uses a modified % period block scheduling program.
- Selinsgrove Area Middle School serves students in grades 6th, 7th and 8th using a team teaching approach. The school's test scores have been consistently higher than the region and the state scores.
- Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School serves students grades 3rd-5th. Concern was voiced about the lagging reading and math scores at this school in 2006. The scores were below both state and regional averages for several years. In 2007, the Intermediate School students' math and reading scores rose above the State and region's averages.
- Selinsgrove Area Elementary School serves K-2.
- Jackson-Penn Elementary School, located in Penn Township, was closed in December 2009. It had served as the district's Kindergarten Center for two years.
In May 2011, the Board voted to realign the schools moving grade 6 to the Intermediate School and shifting the management team. In 2012, the Board approved shifting the sixth grade back to the middle school.
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