See the region’s wealthiest public school districts

PITTSBURGH — Economic disparities are wide between the richest and the poorest school districts in the region and state, with 12% local and statewide earning more than $80,000 in median household income and more than 30% having household incomes below $50,000.

There are four districts out of 125 in the 10-county Pittsburgh region that have median household incomes above $100,000 and 15 that topped $80,000. On the other end of the spectrum, 11 districts had median household incomes below $40,000 in the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data (2018) and 30 districts had median household incomes below $50,000.

The four $100,000-districts in southwestern Pennsylvania are: Upper Saint Clair School District, Pine-Richland, Peters Township and North Allegheny. Mars Area was the fifth-wealthiest regional district, just missing the $100,000 level. Among the poorest regional districts, five had median household incomes below $35,00: New Castle Area, Aliquippa, Clairton, Midland Borough and Duquesne City school districts. Households in the Duquesne City School District earned below $30,000, one of only three such districts in the state, along with Greater Johnstown in Cambria County and Farrell Area in Mercer County.