The Sullivan County School District is a rural public school district which serves the whole of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. The District operates Sullivan County High School grades 7-12 and the Sullivan County Elementary School K-6. It encompasses approximately 479sqmi square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 6,556. By 2010, the District's population declined to 6,411 people. The educational attainment levels for the Sullivan County School District population (25 years old and over) were 86.9% high school graduates and 13% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 31.5% 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, the Sullivan County School District residents’ per capita income was $16,438, while the median family income was $37,196. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Sullivan County, the median household income was $36,250. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.According to District officials, in school year 2011-2012, the SCSD provided basic educational services to 648 pupils through the employment of 63 teachers, 49 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 5 administrators. The District received $4 million in state funding in the 2011-12 school year. In school year 2009-10, Sullivan County School District had 622 pupils enrolled. The District employed: 61 teachers, 43 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 5 administrators. The District received more than $4 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
