The Wyoming Area School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district located in northeastern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania midway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton (USA). The district is composed of six municipalities: West Pittston, Exeter, Wyoming, West Wyoming, Harding and Falls Township, covering approximately 26 square miles (67 km2) primarily in Luzerne County. A small portion of the district extends into Wyoming County. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 20,386. The 2010 federal census data, reported a decline of the resident population to 19,386 people. In 2009, the residents' per capita income was $18,034, while the was $43,321. Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08, the Wyoming Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,860 pupils through the employment of 171 teachers, 127 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 12 administrators. By the 2009-10 school year, Wyoming Area School District enrollment had declined to 2,650 pupils. The Wyoming Area School District employed 169 teachers, 137 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators. Wyoming Area School District received more than $11.1 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
Wyoming Area is made up of five schools from grades K-12 consisting of the Secondary Center in Exeter, the Tenth Street Elementary School in Wyoming, the John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Exeter, the Montgomery Avenue Elementary School in West Pittson and the Sarah J. Dymond Elementary School in Harding. Wyoming Area offers a full-day kindergarten. The district has aligned the curricula to the state standards.
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