Wyoming Area School District

The Wyoming Area School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district located in northeastern Luzerne County and southeastern Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It is situated midway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton . The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. Wyoming Area School District is composed of six municipalities: West Pittston, Exeter, Wyoming, West Wyoming, Harding and Falls Township, covering approximately 26 square miles primarily in Luzerne County. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 20,386. The 2010 federal census data, reported a decline of the District's resident population to 19,386 people. In 2009, Wyoming Area School District residents' per capita income was $18,034, while the median family income was $43,321. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 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.
Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08, the Wyoming Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,860 pupils through the employment of 171 teachers, 127 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 12 administrators. By the 2009-10 school year, Wyoming Area School District enrollment had declined significantly to 2,650 pupils. The Wyoming Area School District employed: 169 teachers, 137 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators. Wyoming Area School District received more than $11.1 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. WASD received more than $10.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.

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