Smethport Area School Distict

Administrative Office

Welcome to the Smethport Area School District –

Smethport is the county seat of McKean County in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It is home to 1500 residents. The town was founded in 1811 and grew quickly. Many Victorian style homes can be seen in the town’s Mansion District.

Smethport Area School District consists of the Smethport Borough, Hamlin Township, Keating Township, Norwich Township, and Sergeant Township. Within the district’s 344 square miles is Smethport Area Elementary School and Smethport Area Junior-Senior High School, both located on one campus in Smethport Borough. The High School offers academic and business courses and well as off campus vocational programs.

It is the mission of the Smethport Area School District to maintain the highest level of standards in providing an educational environment in which students, school, family, and community work together to enable each learner to attain the highest level of personal achievement possible leading to a successful and productive life as a member of our global society.

The new school year begins a new era for Smethport Schools. We must pause and reflect on the importance of the next several years. We are continuing to implement the new state standards that greatly influence where education will be in Smethport in the next decade. We must use our resources and opportunities to make sure that students, school, and community are adequately prepared to meet the challenges that lie ahead.

I am sure that each of you will help make our school system a better place for our students.

I hope that you find the District website to be helpful to you. If there are any other ways that we can be of assistance to you, please feel free to contact my office at 814.887.5543.