Northern Potter School District

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| name = Northern Potter School District

| image = Map of Potter County Pennsylvania School Districts.png

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| streetaddress = 745 SR 49 Northern Potter Road

| city = Ulysses

| state = Pennsylvania

| county = Potter County

| zipcode = 16948-9570

| country = United States

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| grades = Preschool (4year olds) -12th

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| website= [http://www.northernpottersd.org/ northernpottersd.org]

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The Northern Potter School District is a rural public school district located in northeastern Potter County, Pennsylvania. It serves the municipalities of Ulysses, Ulysses Township, Genesee Township, Bingham Township, and Harrison Township. Portions of Allegany Township and Hector Township are also within its boundaries. Northern Potter School District encompasses approximately {{convert|231|sqmi|km2}}. According to 2010 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 4,113,US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011 making it a district of the fourth class.PDE, Public School Code of 1949," Section 202, 2015 The educational attainment levels for the School District population (25 years old and over) were 84% high school graduates and 8.2% 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, 51.3% 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.Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012 In 2009, the Northern Potter School District residents’ per capita income was $14,003, while the median family income was $35,333.US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009 In Potter County, the median household income was $39,139.{{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}} 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 |access-date=2013-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065329/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }} 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}} 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 |publisher=USA Today |date=August 31, 2013}}

Northern Potter School District operates two schools: Northern Potter Children's School (preschool-6th grade) and Northern Potter Junior Senior High School (7th-12th). High school students may choose to attend a half-day vocational training program at Seneca Highlands Area Career and Technical Center, which is located in Port Allegany, McKean County, Pennsylvania. The Seneca HIghlands Intermediate Unit IU9 provides the District with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.