Uniontown Area School District is a highly fragmented midsized, rural public school district located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It serves the city of Uniontown and the boroughs of Ohiopyle, and Markleysburg. It also serves Wharton, Henry Clay, Menallen, Franklin, and Stewart townships. The district encompasses approximately 250 square miles. Based on 2000 federal census data, the district serves a resident population of 26,925. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $14,621, while the median family income was $33,750. 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 2005–06 the Uniontown Area School District provided basic educational services to 3,418 pupils. It employed: 262 teachers, 158 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 15 administrators.
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