Minersville Area School District

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| name = Minersville Area School District

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| streetaddress = 1 Battlin' Miner Drive, PO Box 787

| city = Minersville

| state = Pennsylvania

| county = Schuylkill County

| zipcode = 17954

| country = United States

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| website = {{URL|www.battlinminers.com/}}

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The Minersville Area School District is a small, rural public school district in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It is centered on the borough of Minersville and also serves Branch Township, Cass Township, Foster Township, and Reilly Township. The district encompasses approximately 55 square miles.

According to 2000 federal census data, the school district served a resident population of 10,732 people. By 2010, the district's population declined to 9, 168 people.US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011 The educational attainment levels for the Minersville Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 87.6% high school graduates and 12.2% college graduates.{{cite web |url=http://proximityone.com/sddep.htm#pa |title=School District Comparative Analysis Profiles |author=proximityone |year=2014}} The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 47.1% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level{{cite web | url=https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines | title=Poverty Guidelines }} as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012 In 2009, Minersville Area School District residents’ per capita income was $15,544, while the median family income was $38,655.US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009 In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html |author=US Census Bureau |title=American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065329/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html |archivedate=2014-10-06 }} and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf |author=US Census Bureau |title=Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 |date=September 2011}} In Schuylkill County, the median household income was $45,012.{{cite web |url=http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/pennsylvania/median-household-income#map |title=Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County |author=US Census Bureau |year=2014}} By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2013/08/31/most-popular-six-figure-jobs/2749981/ |title=America's most popular six-figure jobs |author1=Michael Sauter |author2=Alexander E.M. Hess |name-list-style=amp |website=USA Today |date=August 31, 2013}} In 2014, the median household income in the USA was reported as $53,700.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/16/lower-wages-for-whites-higher-wages-for-immigrants-and-inequality-for-all/ |title=Lower wages for whites, higher wages for immigrants, and inequality for all |author= Jeff Guo |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 15, 2015}}

Minersville Area School District operates: Early Childhood Education Center (a publicly funded preschool and full-day kindergarten), Minersville Area Elementary Center (1st-6th) and Minersville Area Junior Senior High School (7th-12). High school students may choose to attend the Schuylkill Technology Centers for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Schuylkill Intermediate Unit IU29 provides the district with a wide variety of services like: specialized education for disabled students; state mandated training on recognizing and reporting child abuse; speech and visual disability services; criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.