Penn Cambria School District is a small, rural, public
school district
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located in
Cambria County, Pennsylvania
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. The district serves the boroughs of
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, Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, Gallitzin, Lilly, Pennsylvania, Lilly, Loretto, Pennsylvania, Loretto, Sankertown, Pennsylvania, Sankertown and Tunnelhill, Pennsylvania, Tunnelhill in both Blair County and Cambria County. As well as the townships of Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Cresson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cresson, Dean Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Dean, Gallitzin Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Gallitzin, Munster Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Munster, and Washington Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Washington. Penn Cambria covers in east-central Cambria County. According to 2000 federal census data, Penn Cambria School District served a resident population of 16,744. By 2010, the district's population increased to 17,359 people. The educational attainment levels for the School District population (25 years old and over) were 88.8% high school graduates and 14.9% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 List of school districts in Pennsylvania, public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 37.2% 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’ per capita income was $13,603, while the median family income was $40,432. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Cambria County, the median household income was $39,574. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.
School Buildings
Penn Cambria has five school buildings, each serves a certain number of grade levels:
High school students may choose to attend Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Appalachia Intermediate Unit IU8 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 professional development for staff and faculty.
High School Athletics
;Boys Sports
* Baseball - Class AA
* Basketball - Class AA
* Cross country running, Cross Country - Class A
* American Football, Football - Class AA
* Golf - Class AA
* Track and Field - Class AA
* Wrestling - Class AA
;Girls Sports
* Basketball - Class AA
* Cross country running, Cross Country - Class A
* Soccer - Class A
* Softball - Class AA
* Track and Field - Class AA
* Volleyball - Class AA
Middle School Sports:
;Boys:
*Basketball
*Football
*Wrestling
;Girls:
*Basketball
*Volleyball
According to PIAA directory July 2015
References
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External links
Penn Cambria School District official websitePenna. Inter-Scholastic Athletic Assn
School districts in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
School districts established in 1966