Map of Venango County Pennsylvania School Districts

Forest Area School District is a small, rural,

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in northwestern Pennsylvania. It is the public school entity for all of Forest County. It serves the communities of Marienville and Tionesta, along with a portion of President Township in

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and Millstone Township in Elk County. The district encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 4,946. By 2010, the District's population increased to 8,255 people. The educational attainment levels for the Forest Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 80.9% high school graduates and 9.8% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 57.8% of the District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Levelbr>
as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the District residents' per capita income was $14,370 a year, while the

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was $33,333. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Forest County, the median household income was $36,556. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.

Schools

High school students may choose to attend the Venango Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The

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IU6 provides the District with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, background checks for employees, state mandated recognizing and reporting child abuse training, speech and visual disability services and criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.

References

External links

Forest Area School District website
{{Venango County, Pennsylvania School Districts School districts in Forest County, Pennsylvania