The Clearfield Area School District is a midsized, rural, public

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. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. It is located within the central and northern portion of

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. Clearfield Area School District encompasses approximately . The Clearfield Area School District serves the Borough of Clearfield and Bradford Township, Covington Township, Girard Township, Goshen Township, Knox Township, Lawrence Township and Pine Township. According to 2000 federal census data, Clearfield Area School District served a resident population of 20,215 people. By 2010, the district's population declined to 19,115 people. In 2009, the district residents'

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was $16,245 a year, while the

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was $37,134. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. The educational attainment levels for the school district population (25 years old and over) were 85.5% high school graduates and 11.9% college graduates. The colors of the school district are red and black, and the

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is the bison. The mascot is modeled after the look of an

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Schools

Clearfield Area School District operates one combined middle/high school (7th-12th) and one elementary school (K-6th). *Clearfield Elementary School * Clearfield Area Junior/Senior High School *CASD Cyber Services K-12 or with Lincoln Interactive High school students may choose to attend Clearfield County Career and Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The

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IU10 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty. Closed schools in 2014: Bradford Township Elementary School, Centre, Clearfield Area Middle School, Girard-Goshen Elementary School (2012)

Extracurriculars

Clearfield Area School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

Sports

The district funds: ;Boys: *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

- AAA *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

- AAA * Cross Country - AA *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

- AAA *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

- AAA *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

- AA * Swimming and

Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

- AA *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

- AAA *

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

- AAA *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

- AAA ;Girls: *Basketball - AAA *Cross Country - AA *Golf - AAA *Soccer (Fall) - AA *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

- AAA *Swimming and Diving - AA *Girls' Tennis - AAA *Track and Field - AA *Volleyball - AA ;Middle School Sports: ;Boys: *Basketball *Football *Soccer *Track and Field *Wrestling ;Girls: *Basketball *Soccer (Fall) *Softball *Track and Field According to PIAA directory July 2012 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association, PIAA School Directory, 2012

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External links

* http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060610091123/http://www.clearfield.org/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1 * https://archive.today/20130414123447/http://www.clearfield.org/shaw * Clearfield Area High School link https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020541/http://www.clearfield.org/education/club/club.php?sectionid=81 School districts in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania