The Montrose Area School District is a small, rural
public school
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district that is located in northwestern
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,434 Its county seat is Montrose. The county was created on February 21, 1810, from part ...
. It serves the following municipalities:
Montrose,
Bridgewater Township,
Franklin Township,
Liberty Township,
Jessup Township,
Forest Lake Township,
Silver Lake Township,
Little Meadows,
Choconut Township,
Friendsville, and
Middletown Township.
The district is one of the 500
public school districts of Pennsylvania.
History and demographics
The Montrose Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, the district served a resident population of 11,708 people. By 2010, the district's population was 11,710 people.
The educational attainment levels for the school district population (twenty-five years of age and older) were 88.9% high school graduates and 16.9% college graduates.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 53.2% of the Montrose Area School District's pupils lived at 185% or below the
Federal Poverty Level
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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
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Per capita i ...
was $17,838, while the
median family income
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was $43,199. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Susquehanna County, the median household income was $48,231. 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.
The Montrose Area School District operates three schools: Choconut Elementary School, Lathrop Street Elementary School, and
Montrose Area Junior Senior High School. The sixth grade is provided in the elementary schools, and the seventh and eighth grades are provided in the junior/senior building. High school students may choose to attend the
Susquehanna County Career Technology Center Susquehanna may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Susquehanna River, the source of the Chesapeake Bay
In Maryland
* Susquehanna State Park (Maryland)
In Pennsylvania
* Susquehannock tribe, Native American tribe of Pennsylvania
* Susquehanna ...
for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Northeastern Educational
Intermediate Unit {{short description, School service agencies in Pennsylvania
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IU19 provides the district with a wide variety of services like: specialized education for disabled students; state mandated training in recognizing and reporting child abuse; speech and visual disability services; criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.
Extracurriculars
The Montrose Area School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.
Sports
The district funds:
;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 ...
- AA
*
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 ...
- AA
*
Cross country - AA
*
Football
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- 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 wi ...
- AA
*Soccer - A
*
Tennis
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- AA
*
Track and field
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- AA
*
Wrestling
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- AA
;Girls:
*Basketball - AA
*Cross country - AA
*Golf - AA
*Soccer - 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
*Tennis - AA
*Track and field - AA
*
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
;Junior high middle school sports:
;Boys:
*Baseball
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Football
*Golf
*Soccer
*Tennis
*Track and field
*Wrestling
;Girls:
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Field hockey
*Soccer
*Softball
*Tennis
*Track and field
*Volleyball
According to PIAA directory July 2015
References
External links
Official website
{{Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania School Districts
School districts in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania