Forest City Regional School District is a Pennsylvania third-class school district in Lackawanna, Susquehanna, and Wayne Counties. The district's population was 5,095 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. Forest City Regional School District covers an area of . The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The district's population has remained relatively constant in recent years, being recorded as 5,095 for both the 2000 and 2010 US Censuses. The educational attainment levels for the Forest City Regional School District population (25 years old and over) were 88.10% high school graduates and 16% college graduates. In 2009, the Forest City Regional School District residents’ per capita income was $17,385, while the

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was $42,652. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. The Forest City Regional School District started with three buildings, two elementary schools (William Penn Elementary, Lincoln Elementary) and Forest City High School. An addition to the high school was done in 1967. In 1971, the three schools were combined into one. In 1995, the building was again expanded. A new gymnasium, an auditorium, a computer lab, a chemistry lab, and more classrooms were added. Extensive remodeling was also done at this time to the existing structure. The high school serves as the starting point for the Steamtown Marathon. Forest City Regional School District operates two schools: an elementary school and a high school. High school students may choose to attend The

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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 (including hearing, speech and visual disability services) and professional development for staff and faculty.

Regions and constituent municipalities

Map of Lackawanna County Pennsylvania School Districts

Map of Susquehanna County Pennsylvania School Districts

Map of Wayne County Pennsylvania School Districts

The district is divided into nine regions (alternate region names in parentheses), which are contiguous with or contained within the following municipalities (with county labels in parentheses): * Clinton Township (Wayne) (partially in the

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) – Region I (Clinton II) * Herrick Township (Susquehanna) – Region II (Herrick Township) * Union Dale Borough (Susquehanna) – Region III (Uniondale) * Vandling Borough (Lackawanna) – Region IV (Vandling) * Mount Pleasant Township (Wayne) – Regions V (Pleasant Mount II/III) and VI (Pleasant Mount I) * Forest City Borough (Susquehanna) – Regions VII (Forest City 1W1D), VIII (Forest City 2W2D), and IX (Forest City 1W2D)

Extracurriculars

The Forest City Regional School District offers a variety of clubs, activities, and an extensive sports program. ;Varsity: ;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 ...

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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 ...

- A *

Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

– A *

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 ...

– AA *Soccer – A *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

– AA ;Girls: *Basketball – A *Cross Country – A *Golf – AA *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 ...

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– AA ;Junior High School Sports: ;Boys: *Baseball *Basketball *Cross Country *Golf *Soccer *Volleyball ;Girls: *Basketball *Cross Country *Soccer (Fall) *Softball *Volleyball According to PIAA directory July 2013

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* {{Wayne County, Pennsylvania School Districts School districts in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania School districts in Wayne County, Pennsylvania School districts in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania