Avella Area School District

The Avella Area School District is a small, rural public school district serving less than 680 students in grades K-12. Approximately 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the school district's two schools are located on a rural campus that also has a state certified day care. There is a preschool run in one of the elementary school’s rented rooms but has no affiliation with the Avella School District. The district covers the Borough of West Middletown and Cross Creek Township, Hopewell Township and Independence Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The district is headquartered in the unincorporated Village of Avella. The Avella Area School District encompasses approximately 73 square miles (190 km²). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 4,497. By 2010, the district's population declined to 4,210 people. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $17,193, while the median family income was $42,246. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.