The Dunmore School District is a small, suburban public

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which serves the Borough of

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, US. Dunmore School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 14,081. According to the

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2010 federal census data, Dunmore School District resident population declined to 14,052 people. The educational attainment levels for the Dunmore School District population (25 years old and over) were 92% high school graduates and 29.5% college graduates. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 33.8% 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. In 2009, the district residents’

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was $19,851, while the median family income was $43,354. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In

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, the median household income was $43,673. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. The Dunmore School District operates three schools:

Dunmore High School Dunmore High School is the secondary education, public school for the borough of Dunmore, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Dunmore School District. Dunmore High School is located at 300 West Warren Street. According to the National Center for E ...

, Dunmore Middle School and Dunmore Elementary Center. High school students may choose to attend

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for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The

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IU19 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. In the Spring of 2014, Dunmore School Board voted to combine the high school and middle school into Dunmore Junior/Senior High School beginning 2014–15 school year.

Extracurriculars

The Dunmore School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

Sports

The district funds: ;Varsity: ;Boys: *

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- AA *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

- AA * Cross Country - A * Football - AA *

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 ...

- AA * Soccer - 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 ...

- AA *

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 eve ...

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

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 ...

- AA *Swimming and Diving - AA *Girls' Tennis - AAA *Track and Field - AA *

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- AA ;Middle School Sports: ;Boys: *Basketball *Cross Country *Track and Field ;Girls: *Basketball *Cross Country *Softball *Track and Field According to PIAA directory July 2014

References

{{Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania School Districts School districts in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania