The York City School District is a large, urban, public

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serving the City of

York, Pennsylvania York (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populatio ...

in York County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately . According to 2010 census data, the district's population was 43,718 people, estimated to be 44,118 as of 2018. As of 2018, the educational attainment levels for the School District of the City of York population were 69.25% high school graduates and 15.38% college graduates. As of 2018, the

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in the district is approximately $30,283, while the median family income is approximately $33,048. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 81.1% 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.

Schools

William Penn Senior High School The William Penn Senior High School is a large, urban, public high school serving the City of York, Pennsylvania in York County, Pennsylvania. There were 876 pupils enrolled in 2014. It is the sole high school operated by the School District o ...

, 9–12th *McKinley School, K-8th *Edgar Fahs Smith STEAM Academy, 3–12th *Jackson School, K-8th *Phineas Davis School, K-8th *Hannah Penn School, K-8th *A.D. Goode School, K-8th *Ferguson School, K-8th *Devers School, K-8th *William C. Goodridge Academy, 8–12th High school students may choose to attend

York County School of Technology York County School of Technology (YCST, formerly York County Area Vocational-Technical School) is a public vocational high school in York, Pennsylvania, United States. The school accepts students from 14 sending school districts within York Coun ...

for training in the construction and mechanical trades. Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 provides the district with a wide variety of services, including specialized education for disabled students and hearing as well as speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty. Per the 2012–2013 budget cuts and to deal with a decline in enrollment of 1,000 since 2006, alignment changes were instituted. All elementary schools became grades preschool and K-8. Edgar Fahs Smith Middle School (6–8) and Hannah Penn Middle School were closed. As of 2020, Edgar Fahs Smith Middle School has been reopened as Edgar Fahs Smith STEAM Academy, serving grades 3rd through 12th, and Hannah Penn Middle School has been reopened as Hannah Penn K-8.

Extracurriculars

The district's students have access to a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

Sports

The district funds: ;Varsity: ;Boys: *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

– AAAA * Football – AAAA *Indoor Track and Field – AA *Swimming and

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– AAA *

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

– AAA ;Girls: *Basketball – AAAA *Cheerleading – AAAA *Indoor Track and Field – AAAA *Swimming and Diving – AAA *Track and Field – AAA *

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 Sum ...

– AAA According to PIAA directory June 2015

References

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