The Juniata County School District is a rural,
public school district located in
Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Juniata County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,509. Its county seat is Mifflintown. The county was created on March 2, 1831, from part of Mifflin County and named for the Juniata ...
. The district is one of the 500
public school districts of Pennsylvania and one of seven county-wide school districts in the Commonwealth. The district encompasses approximately . Juniata County School District serves residents in:
Beale Township,
Delaware Township,
Fayette Township,
Fermanagh Township,
Lack Township,
Milford Township,
Monroe Township,
Spruce Hill Township,
Susquehanna Township,
Turbett Township,
Tuscarora Township and
Walker Township. It also serves the residents of the following boroughs:
Mifflin,
Mifflintown
Mifflintown is a borough in and the county seat of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 840 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Mifflintown is located at (40.570728, -77.395488).
According to the United States Census ...
,
Port Royal
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,
Thompsontown,
East Salem,
East Waterford,
Mexico
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,
McAlisterville and
Richfield Richfield may refer to:
Places Canada
*Richfield, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood
* Richfield, Nova Scotia
*Richfield, British Columbia, a ghost town from the Cariboo Gold Rush
United States
* Richfield, California
*Richfield, Idaho
* Richfiel ...
. According to 2000 federal census data, Juniata County School District served a resident population of 22,273 people. By 2013, the US Census reports that the Juniata County School District's resident population grew to 24,005 people. The educational attainment levels for the Juniata County School District population (25 years old and over) were 82.4% high school graduates and 11.2% college graduates.
The district is one of the 500
public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 40.6% of the 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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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
was $16,112, while the
median family income
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was $39,736. In the Commonwealth, 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.
The educational attainment levels for the population 25 and over were 82.4% high school graduates and 11.2% college graduates.
Juniata County School District operates two high schools:
Juniata High School
Juniata High School is a small, rural, public high school which is one of two high schools operated by the Juniata County School District. The students reside in the central and western portions of Juniata County in central Pennsylvania. The c ...
and
East Juniata Junior/Senior High School. Juniata County high school students may choose to attend
Mifflin-Juniata Career and Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The district also operates one middle school – Tuscarora Junior High School – and two elementary schools Juniata Elementary and East Juniata Elementary. The
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit Tuscarora may refer to the following:
First nations and Native American people and culture
* Tuscarora people
**'' Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation'' (1960)
* Tuscarora language, an Iroquoian language of the Tuscarora people
* ...
IU11 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services, employee background checks and professional development for staff and faculty.
Extracurriculars
The Juniata County School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and sports.
Athletics
The district funds:
;Varsity:
;Boys:
*
Baseball
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- AA
*
Basketball
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- AA
*
Football
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- AA
*
Soccer
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- AA
*
Tennis
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- AA
*
Track and field
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- AA
*
Wrestling
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- AA
;Girls:
*Basketball - AAA
*Soccer - AA
*
Softball
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- AA
*Track and field - AA
References
{{Juniata County, Pennsylvania School Districts
School districts in Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Education in Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Juniata County, Pennsylvania