Montoursville Area School District

The Montoursville Area School District is a small, rural public school district in Lycoming County. The district serves the borough of Montoursville, plus the townships of Fairfield, Upper Fairfield, Eldred, Gamble, Cascade, and Plunketts Creek. The district encompasses approximately 189.8 square miles (492 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 13,512. By 2010, the US Census Bureau reported the district's population declined to 13,209 people.[1] The educational attainment levels for the Montoursville Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 92% high school graduates and 22.8% college graduates.[2]

Montoursville Area School District
Address
50 North Arch Street
Montoursville
, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 17754
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12
Other information
Websitewww.montoursville.k12.pa.us

Montoursville Area School District operates two elementary schools, C E Mccall Middle School and Montoursville Area High School. High school students may choose to attend Lycoming County Career and Technical Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The BLaST Intermediate Unit IU17 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.

Extracurriculars
Montoursville Area High School in May 2021

The Montoursville Area School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded sports program.[3]

The sports programs are associated with the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.[4] The Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference is a voluntary association of 25 PIAA High Schools within the central Pennsylvania region.

Sports

The district funds:

Varsity
Middle school sports

According to PIAA directory July 2013 [5]

References
  1. US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  2. proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  3. "Disclosure of Interscholastic Athletic Opportunities". Pennsylvania Department of Education. 2013.
  4. "Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference School list". 2012.
  5. "PIAA School Directory". Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association. 2013.
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