Mount Carmel Area School District is a small, rural, public school district in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. It serves Mount Carmel, Kulpmont, Marion Heights, and Mount Carmel Township in Northumberland County, as well as the borough of Centralia in Columbia County. The Mount Carmel Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 local census data, it served a resident population of 12,815. By 2010, the district's population declined to 12,555 people.US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011 The educational attainment levels for the school district population (25 years old and over) were 85.3% high school graduates and 14.3% college graduates.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 69.2% of the district's pupils lived at or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012 In 2009, Mount Carmel Area School District residents' per capita income was $15,294, while the median family income was $35,239.American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009 In Northumberland County, the median household income was $38,397. 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.
Mount Carmel Area School District operates two schools: Mount Carmel Area Elementary School, and Mount Carmel Area High School. The district also provides taxpayer funded, full-day preschool for 4-year-olds. In 2015, more than 51 Mount Carmel Area pupils attend full-time cyber school.Justin Strawser, Six offer their own online classes, The Daily item, January 31, 2016 The district does not offer its own cyber school program. The pupils attend any of the 13 cyber schools operating in Pennsylvania in 2015, including locally operated SusQ Cyber Charter School.PDE, Charter Schools and Cyber Charter schools 2015–16, 2015
Mount Carmel Area High School students may choose to attend Northumberland County Career Technology Center for training in the building trades, culinary arts and cosmetology as well as other careers. The Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit CSIU16 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 Mount Carmel Area School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. The Mount Carmel Area School District is a Division I member of the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference. The Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference is a voluntary association of 25 PIAA High Schools within the central Pennsylvania region.
Mount Carmel Area School District operates an indoor pool which it rents to the general public for pool parties.
Sports The district funds:
Boys Baseball – AAA Basketball- AAAA Cross country – Class AA Football – AAA Indoor Track and Field – AAAA Swimming and diving – AA Track and field – AA Wrestling – AA
Girls Basketball – AAA Competitive Spirit – AA Cross country – AA Indoor Track and field – AAAA Soccer – AA Swimming and diving – AA Track and field – AA
Junior high school sports
Boys Basketball Cross country Football Track and field Wrestling
Girls Basketball Cross country Softball Track and field
According to PIAA directory July 2012 Updated according to PIAA directory July 2014, and then July 2024.
References
External links Mount Carmel Area School District Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit CSIU16 Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School