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Trinity Area School District is located near Washington, Pennsylvania. It serves the Pittsburgh exurbs of Canton Township, South Strabane Township, and North Franklin Township, as well as rural Amwell Township. The district encompasses approximately 87 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 25,591. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $19,473, while the median family income was $48,310.〔American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009〕 According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Trinity Area School District provided basic educational services to 3,542 pupils through the employment of 259 teachers, 142 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 20 administrators. The history of the school district dates back to the 1850s when Joseph McKnight built a home on top of a hill overlooking the city of Washington, Pennsylvania. This home came to be called Spring Hill and is now the old part of the district's high school. It later was established as an Episcopal military school for boys and was named Trinity Hall Military Academy. Trinity Hall Military Academy became one of the best equipped military schools for boys in the country. The Smith family owned the property after McKnight and welcomed President Ulysses S. Grant to stay there on several occasions. It had to be expanded in 1881 due to the school's number of students had increased. After the death of William Smith in 1904, the school had to close due to lack of funding. It reopened in 1925 with a joint venture of Amwell, Canton, North Franklin, and South Strabane Townships to establish the building as a high school. This marks the foundation of the school district. The district operates six schools: Trinity North Elementary, Trinity South Elementary, Trinity East Elementary, Trinity West Elementary, Trinity Middle School and Trinity High School ==Academic achievement== Trinity Area School District was ranked 166th out of 500 Pennsylvania school districts, in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for math, reading, writing and three years of science.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania School District Rankings Information )〕 * 2010 - 170th 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania School District Rankings, )〕 * 2009 - 179th * 2008 - 180th * 2007 - 210th of 501 school districts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three of top school districts in state hail from Allegheny County, )〕 In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Trinity Area School District, was in the 58th 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 Trinity 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「Trinity Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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