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The South Williamsport Area School District is a small public school district in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The school serves several suburbs of Williamsport, including South Williamsport, DuBoistown, Susquehanna Township, and Armstrong Township. The district encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 9,400. By 2010, the district's population declined to 9,268 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011〕 In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $18,650, while the median family income was $41,002.〔US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009〕 In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. According to district officials, in school year 2007-08 the South Williamsport Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,370 pupils through the employment of 103 teachers, 68 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 9 administrators. In school year 2009-10, the South Williamsport Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,358 pupils. The District employed: 104 teachers, 72 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators. South Williamsport Area School District received more than $8.1 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. The District operates three schools: Central Elementary, Rommelt Elementary, and South Williamsport Jr/Sr High Schools. ==Academic achievement== South Williamsport Area School District was ranked 189th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2013, by the ''Pittsburgh Business Times''. The ranking was based on student academic performance based on the last three years of student achievement scores on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and science.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Guide to Pennsylvania Schools Statewide ranking 2013 )〕 The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on the last three years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and science.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll Rankings 2013 )〕 The PSSAs are given to all children in grades 3rd through 8th and the 11th grade in high school. Adapted examinations are given to children in the special education programs. Writing exams were given to children in 5th, 8th and 11th grades. *2012 - 158th〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll information 2012 )〕 *2011 - 131st *2010 - 153rd 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll. )〕 *2009 - 167th *2008 - 128th *2007 - 137th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three of top school districts in state hail from Allegheny County, )〕 ;Overachiever statewide ranking: In 2013, the ''Pittsburgh Business Times'' also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. South Williamsport Area School District ranked 116th. In 2012, the District was 169th. 〔Pittsburgh Business Times, Statewide Overachivers Ranking Information, April 4, 2013〕 The editor describes the ranking as: "a ranking answers the question - which school districts do better than expectations based upon economics? This rank takes the Honor Roll rank and adds the percentage of students in the district eligible for free and reduced-price lunch into the formula. A district finishing high on this rank is smashing expectations, and any district above the median point is exceeding expectations."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Overachiever statewide ranking )〕 In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the South Williamsport Area School District, was in the 83rd percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0-99; 100 is state best) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 PSSA RESULTS South Williamsport Area School District, )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Williamsport Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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