Susquehanna Township School District

The Susquehanna Township School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district serving students from Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The school district is located in suburban Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna Township School District encompasses approximately 17sqmi. According to a June 2008 local census data, it serves a resident population of 22,977 people. In 2010, the District's population had grown to 24,047 people, per the United States Census Bureau. The educational attainment levels for the Susquehanna Township School District population (25 years old and over) were 91.3% high school graduates and 34.6% college graduates.According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 35.5% 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 2009, Susquehanna Township School District residents' per capita income was $26,572 a year, while the median family income was $61,781 a year. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Dauphin County, the median household income was $52,371. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.Per Susquehanna Township School District officials, in school year 2007–08, the Susquehanna Township School District provided basic educational services to 3,271 pupils through the employment of 245 teachers, 168 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 5 administrators. The District provided basic educational services to 2,947 pupils in 2011-12. It employed: 208 teachers, 141 full-time and part-time support personnel, and nineteen (19) administrators during the 2011-12 school year. The District received $7,367,070 in state funding in the 2011-12 school year.