List of school districts in Pennsylvania

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This is a list of school districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a U.S. state.

Pennsylvania's 67 counties

The article for each Pennsylvania county with more than one school district includes a map showing all public school districts in the county.

Circa the late 1960s the number of school districts was 2,277. The state government had passed laws encouraging these districts to merge with one another, so the figure fell to 669, and then 501, in the 1970s and then in 1981.[1] There are approximately 500 public school districts in Pennsylvania as of 2023.

School districts and community colleges are counted as separate governments by the U.S. Census Bureau. The state has no school systems that are dependent on another layer of government.[2]

Classification

School districts are classified by Pennsylvania state law based on the number of people living within the district boundaries:

  • First Class (population over 1,000,000; Philadelphia City School District is the only district in this class)
  • First Class A (population between 250,000 and 999,999; Pittsburgh Public Schools is the only district in this class)
  • Second Class (population between 30,000 and 249,999)
  • Third Class (population between 5,000 and 29,999)
  • Fourth Class (population under 4,999)

However, if the school district's population moves between population groups, the school district's classification does not change until the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education certifies the new class. If the Secretary does not change the classification, then a school district's class remains in its current state regardless of the community's population.

Intermediate Units

In Pennsylvania, each school district is serviced by one of 29 intermediate units, which help support the educational needs and functions of the districts.

Intermediate Unit 1 (IU 1)

Fayette County

Greene County

Washington County

Pittsburgh-Mt. Oliver IU 2

Allegheny County

Allegheny IU 3

Allegheny County

Midwestern IU 4

Butler County

Lawrence County

Mercer County

Northwest Tri-County IU 5

Crawford County

Erie County

Warren County

Riverview IU 6

Clarion County

Clearfield County

Forest County

Jefferson County

Venango County

Westmoreland IU 7

Westmoreland County

Appalachia IU 8

Bedford County

Blair County

Cambria County

Somerset County

Seneca Highlands IU 9

Cameron County

Elk County

McKean County

Potter County

Central IU 10

Centre County

Clearfield County

Clinton County

Tuscarora IU 11

Fulton County

Huntingdon County

Juniata County

Mifflin County

Lincoln IU 12

Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13

Berks County IU 14

Berks County

Capital Area IU 15

Cumberland County

Dauphin County

Perry County

York County

Central Susquehanna IU 16

Columbia County

Montour County

Northumberland County

Snyder County

Union County

BLaST IU 17

Bradford County

Lycoming County

Sullivan County

Tioga County

Luzerne IU 18

Luzerne County

Wyoming County

Northeastern Educational IU 19

Lackawanna County

Susquehanna County

Wayne County

Wyoming County

Colonial IU 20

Monroe County

Northampton County

Pike County

Carbon-Lehigh IU 21

Carbon County

Lehigh County

Bucks County IU 22

Montgomery County IU 23

Montgomery County

Chester County IU 24

Chester County

Delaware County IU 25

Philadelphia IU 26

Philadelphia County

Beaver Valley IU 27

ARIN IU 28

Armstrong County

Indiana County

Schuylkill IU 29

Schuylkill County

See also

References

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