The Wyalusing Area School District is a small enrollment, rural, public school district in northern Pennsylvania. spans portions of two counties. Wyalusing Area School District encompasses approximately 273 square miles (710 km2). In southeastern Bradford County the District serves the Boroughs of New Albany and Wyalusing and Albany Township, Herrick Township, Overton Township, Stevens Township, Terry Township, Tuscarora Township, Wilmot Township and Wyalusing Township. In northwestern Wyoming County it serves the Borough of Laceyville and Braintrim Township and the northern and eastern portions of Windham Township. According to 2010 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 9,202. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $16,780, while the median family income was $38,279. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
According to District officials, in school year 2009-10 the Wyalusing Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,500 pupils through the employment of 110 teachers, 65 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 9 administrators. Wyalusing Area School District received more than $9.9 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
The district operates Wyalusing Valley Elementary School and Wyalusing Valley Junior-Senior High School. The Wyalusing Area School District consolidated its elementary schools. Four elementary schools in the district were closed and replaced with a new Wyalusing Valley Elementary School. Closed schools were: Camptown Elementary School, New Albany Elementary School, Laceyville Elementary School and Wyalusing Elementary School.
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