Southern Columbia Area School District is a small, rural school district located in Catawissa, Pennsylvania. It is in Columbia County and draws students from both Columbia and Northumberland counties. Southern Columbia Area School District encompasses approximately 108 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 9,803. The per capita income of residents was $18,969 in 2009, while the median family income was $45,889. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08 the Southern Columbia Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,424 pupils through the employment of 114 teachers, 141 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators.
The district is composed of an Elementary Center housing Kindergarten through Fourth Grade, a Middle School for Fifth through Eighth Grade, and a Senior High School serving grades nine through twelve. Both the Elementary and the Junior/Senior High Schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
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