Blue Mountain School District

The Blue Mountain School District is a midsized, rural public school district in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The District serves the Boroughs of Auburn, Cressona, Deer Lake, New Ringgold and Orwigsburg and Wayne Township, East Brunswick Township, North Manheim Township and West Brunswick Township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain School District encompasses approximately 125 square miles (320 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 19,436. By 2010, the district's population was 20,463 people, making it a District of the Third Class.[5][6] In 2009, the Blue Mountain School District residents’ per capita income was $21,212, while the median family income was $36,276.[7] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,985[8] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[9]