Albert Gallatin Area School District

The Albert Gallatin Area School District is a large, rural, public school district located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It is named after Albert Gallatin, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, planner of the Lewis and Clark expedition, engineer of the financial details of the Louisiana Purchase, and founder of New York University. It serves the boroughs of Masontown, Fairchance, Point Marion, and Smithfield. It also serves German, Springhill, Georges, and Nicholson Townships. It encompasses approximately 142 square miles (370 km2). According to 2000 US federal census data, the Albert Gallatin Area School District serves a resident population of 25,282. By 2010, the District's population had declined to 23,852 people. The educational attainment levels for the Albert Gallatin Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 82.4% high school graduates and 11.9% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 61.4% of Albert Gallatin Area School District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced-price school meal programs in 2012. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education reported that 24 students in the Albert Gallatin Area School District were homeless.

In 2009, Albert Gallatin Area School District residents' per capita income was $14,454, while the median family income was $31,607. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445 in 2010. In Fayette County, the median household income was $39,115. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.

Albert Gallatin Area High School, which is part of the Albert Gallatin Area School District, is located 7 miles (11 km) south of Uniontown in York Run. The southern end of the Albert Gallatin School District borders West Virginia, and Pittsburgh is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the high school. Morgantown, West Virginia, is 20 miles (32 km) to the south.

Recent building improvements include a state-of-the-art stadium grass playing field. The school mascot is named the Colonial. The school is locally known by its initials, AG.