Southern Columbia Area School District

Southern Columbia Area School District
Address
800 Southern Drive
Catawissa
, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, 17820
United States
District information
TypePublic
SuperintendentMr. James Becker
Students and staff
District mascotTiger
ColorsBlack and gold
Other information
Websitewww.scasd.us
Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts

Southern Columbia Area School District is a small, rural, public school district located in Catawissa, Pennsylvania. It serves communities in two counties. In Columbia County the district serves: Catawissa Borough, Catawissa Township, Locust Township, Roaring Creek Township, Franklin Township and Cleveland Township. In Northumberland County it serves Ralpho Township. Southern Columbia Area School District encompasses approximately 108 square miles (280 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 9,803. By 2010, the US Census Bureau reported that the district's population increased to 10,386 people.[1] The per capita income of residents was $18,969 in 2009, while the median family income was $45,889.[2] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[3] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[4] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

According to district officials, in school year 2009–10, the Southern Columbia Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,488 pupils. The district employed: 108 teachers, 115 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. Southern Columbia Area School District received more than $6.6 million in state funding in school year 2009–10. 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.

Southern Columbia Area School District operates three schools: G.C. Hartman Elementary Center (Kindergarten through Fourth Grade), Southern Columbia Area Middle School (Fifth grade through Eighth Grade), and Southern Columbia Area 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.

  1. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  2. ^ American Fact Finder, U.S. Census Bureau, 2010
  3. ^ US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts, 2010
  4. ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).