The Wilkinsburg School District is a small, urban public school district serving the mostly African American community and Pittsburgh suburb of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. The District encompasses approximately 3sqmi. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 19,196. By 2010, the District's population declined to 15,933 people. The educational attainment levels for the Wilkinsburg Borough School District population (25 years old and over) were 90% high school graduates and 28.5% college graduates.According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 80% 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, Wilkinsburg School District residents’ per capita income was $16,890, while the median family income was $33,412. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.Per District officials, in school year 2005-06 the School District of the Borough of Wilkinsburg provided basic educational services to 1,568 pupils. The District employed: 169 teachers, 45 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 13 administrators. In school year 2007-08 the Wilkinsburg School District provided basic educational services to 1,428 pupils. The District employed: 161 teachers, 28 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 17 administrators. Wilkinsburg School District received more than $11.9 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. According to District officials, the District had 1,078 pupils enrolled in 2009-10. It employed: 127 teachers, 35 full-time and part-time support personnel, and had increased to 21 the number of administrators during the 2009-10 school year. The District received $11.4 million in state funding in the 2009-10 school year.
