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Answer: What is Abington Heights School District mean?

The Abington Heights School District is a midsized public school district. It serves the boroughs of Clarks Green and Clarks Summit and the townships of Waverly Township, Glenburn Township, Newton Township, North Abington Township, Ransom Township and South Abington Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Abington Heights School District encompasses approximately 69 square miles (180 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 29,222 residents. By 2010, the District's population declined to 23,615 people. The educational attainment levels for the School District population (25 years old and over) were 94.7% high school graduates and 47.5% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania and one of twelve public school districts in Lackawanna County.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 15.5% 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. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that fewer than ten students in the Abington Heights School District were homeless.

In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $27,768, while the median family income was $64,925. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Lackawanna County, the median household income was $46,044. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.

Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08 the Abington Heights School District had 3,525 pupils, employing: 265 teachers, 188 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 22 administrators. In 2009–10, the District provided basic educational services to 3,641 pupils. It employed: 271 teachers, 187 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 26 administrators. Abington Heights School District received more than $11.1 million in state funding in school year 2009–10. By 2011, the District enrollment had declined to 3,393 pupils. It employed: 251 teachers, 185 full-time and part-time support personnel, and increased to 24 administrators for the 2011–12 school year. The District received $11.7 million in state funding in the 2011–12 school year.

Abington Heights School District operates: four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit IU19 provides the District with a wide variety of services like: specialized education for disabled students; state mandated training on recognizing and reporting child abuse; speech and visual disability services; criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.

The high school was once recognized by Money magazine as one of the top 100 schools in the nation.

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