Central York School District

Central York School District
Address
775 Marion Road
York
, York County, Pennsylvania, 17406
United States
District information
TypePublic
Students and staff
District mascotPanthers
ColorsOrange and black
Other information
Websitecysd.k12.pa.us

The Central York School District is a large, suburban, public school district that encompasses 24 square miles (62 km2). Central York School District serves: the Borough of North York and Manchester Township and the greater part of Springettsbury Township in York County, Pennsylvania. According to 2010 federal census data it serves a resident population of 40,000 people.[1] The educational attainment levels for the Central York School District community population (25 years old and over) were 89.7% high school graduates and 29.7% college graduates.[2]

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 31.3% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[3] In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $24,557 a year, while the median family income was $59,079.[4] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[5] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[6] In York County, the median household income was $57,494.[7] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[8]

Central York School District operates seven schools: Central York High School (9th–12th), Central York Middle School (7th–8th), Hayshire Elementary School (K–3rd), North Hills Elementary School (4th–6th), Roundtown Elementary School (K–3rd), Sinking Springs Elementary School (4th–6th) and Stony Brook Elementary School (K–3rd).

The school district received national attention for banning a number of anti-racism books from the curriculum and from school libraries in 2021, including books by and about Rosa Parks and Malala Yousafzai.[9] The ban was reversed in September 2021 after protests by community members.[10] In 2023 the school library removed Push.[11]

  1. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  2. ^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  3. ^ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
  4. ^ American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009
  5. ^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  6. ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  7. ^ US Census Bureau (2014). "Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006–2010 by County".
  8. ^ Michael Sauter; Alexander E.M. Hess (August 31, 2013). "America's most popular six-figure jobs". USA Today.
  9. ^ McMorris-Santoro, Evan; Tran, Linh; Akbarzai, Sahar; Alsharif, Mirna. "Students fight back against a book ban that has a Pennsylvania community divided". CNN. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  10. ^ "Central York reverses decision on book ban after growing protests". ABC27. September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  11. ^ Willse, Meredith (March 14, 2023). "More than year after book ban backlash, Central York quietly 'removes' novel from library". York Dispatch. Retrieved March 15, 2023.