Millville Area School District is a small, rural,

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district in

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. It is centered in the borough of Millville and also serves the townships of

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, Greenwood, and

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. Millville Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 5,500. By 2010, the district's population rose to 5,563 people. The educational attainment levels for the Millville Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 87% high school graduates and 19.6% college graduates. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 38.8% 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, Millville Area School District residents’

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was $17,931, while the

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was $41,867. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Millville Area School District operates two schools: Millville Area Elementary School and

Millville Area Junior Senior High School Millville Area Junior Senior High School is a tiny, rural public school in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It provides grades 7th through 12th. For the 2017–18 school year, enrollment was reported as 311 pupils. Millville Area Junior Senior High ...

. Millville Area High School students may choose to attend

Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School is located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a full-time area vocational-technical school that serves the youth of Columbia and Montour counties in Pennsylvania. CMAVTS offers 17 ...

which provides training in the trades. The

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IU16 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. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

Extracurriculars

The Millville Area School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports programs.

Sports

Junior varsity and varsity athletic activities are under the

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and the regional Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference. The district funds: ;Boys: *

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- A *

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- A *

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- A ;Girls: *Basketball - AA *Field hockey - AA *Soccer - A *

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- A ;Junior high school sports: ;Boys: *Basketball *Soccer ;Girls: *Basketball *Field hockey According to PIAA directory July 2012

References

{{Columbia County, Pennsylvania School Districts Susquehanna Valley School districts in Columbia County, Pennsylvania