Penncrest School District is a midsized public school district located primarily in Crawford County, in Northwest Pennsylvania, with a small portion of the district's service area in adjacent Venango County. The school district encompasses several rural townships and boroughs. Its administrative offices are located in Hayfield Township outside Saegertown, Pennsylvania. Penncrest School District encompasses approximately 400 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data it serves a resident population of 24,780 people. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $16,413, while the median family income was $42,566 a year.[1]
| PENNCREST School District | |
|---|---|
 Map of Crawford County, Pennsylvania school districts, with PENNCREST School District's primary area of coverage highlighted in green. | |
| Address | |
18741 State Highway 198, Suite 101
Saegertown , Crawford, Pennsylvania, 16433United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Empowering Life-Long Learners |
| Established | 1971 |
| Students and staff | |
| Colors | blue & gold (Saegertown), gold & black (Maplewood), blue & white (Cambridge Springs) |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://penncrest.org/ |
The school district consists of community centered schools: three K-6 elementary schools and three 7–12 high schools.[2] Its total enrollment is around 3,500 in 2009.[3]
History
editThe school district was founded in the 1970s through a merger of the Saegertown, Randolph-East Mead, Townville, and Cambridge Springs school systems. The name PENNCREST is derived from the words Pennsylvania, Cambridge Springs, Randolph, East Mead, Saegertown, and Townville. Its physical plant at one point in time consisted of a total of four K-4 and two K-6 elementary schools, two 5–8 middle schools, two 9–12 high schools, and one 7–12 joint high school. Its plant was reduced to its current composition by the decommissioning of several elementary and middle schools during the 1990s and 2000s.
Schools
edit- Cambridge Springs Elementary School
- Cambridge Springs Junior-Senior High School
- Maplewood Elementary School
- Maplewood Junior-Senior High School
- Saegertown Elementary School
- Saegertown Junior-Senior High School
Municipalities
editThe following is a list of municipalities[4][5] served by the PENNCREST School District.
Townships
edit- Athens Township
- Cambridge Township
- Cussewago Township
- East Mead Township
- Hayfield Township
- Plum Township
- Randolph Township
- Richmond Township
- Rockdale Township
- Steuben Township
- Troy Township
- Venango Township
- Woodcock Township
Boroughs and CDPs
edit- Blooming Valley
- Cambridge Springs
- Guys Mills (census-designated place)
- Saegertown
- Townville
- Venango
- Woodcock
References
edit- ^ American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009
- ^ SchoolMatters.com Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine query of schools in the Penncrest S.D. (accessed October 11, 2009)
- ^ Penncrest.org[permanent dead link] October 2009 enrollment figures (accessed October 11, 2009) (PDF file)
- ^ Crawford County, PA
- ^ Venango County, PA