About Us

Shaler Area School District is a suburban public school district bordering the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The student enrollment for 2018-19 is 4,162. The district provides a comprehensive educational system from kindergarten through grade 12 and is accredited through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Instructional areas include regular instruction, special education (including gifted), vocational education, and all necessary support services.

The Shaler Area School District is comprised of the Townships of Shaler and Reserve, and the Boroughs of Etna and Millvale. The district encompasses approximately 14.4 square miles in the North Hills area of Allegheny County and is located approximately 10 miles from the City of Pittsburgh. The district is bounded on the north by Hampton Township; on the northeast by Indiana Township; on the northwest by Ross Township; on the southeast by O’Hara Township; on the south by Sharpsburg Borough and the Allegheny River and on the southwest by the City of Pittsburgh.

The district is comprised of four primary buildings, K – 3, (Burchfield, Marzolf, Reserve, and Scott), an Elementary School (grades 4 – 6), a Middle School (grades 7 – 8) and a High School (grades 9 – 12).

Medical Facilities

Most Pittsburgh hospitals and health care facilities are within easy access of the district. Closest to the district are Allegheny General Hospital, UPMC St. Margaret Hospital, and UPMC Passavant Hospital. All of these hospitals have undertaken recent and on-going expansion projects designed to improve their facilities.

Higher Education

The district is located within easy access of the numerous institutions of higher education which are located throughout the area. The closest is LaRoche College, which is located north of the district in the Town of McCandless, near UPMC Passavant Hospital. Other institutions located throughout the area include Community College of Allegheny County, Carlow University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Chatham University, Duquesne University, the Pennsylvania State University (McKeesport, New Kensington, and Kittanning campuses), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Point Park University, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Robert Morris University, and the University of Pittsburgh.

Vision

Shaler Area School District is a collaborative, innovative, and creative learning environment for all.

Mission

To serve our Shaler Area community and its children by providing an education that fosters our youth to be contributing members of society.

To develop resiliency, empathy, creative thinking, critical thinking, and problem solving in every student on their path to fulfilling their potential.

Core Values

We value the celebration and promotion of excellence in our community.

We value a culture where everyone has a voice and everyone is an owner.

We value and encourage creative and innovative risk-taking.

We value our responsibility to serve and educate our community.

We value an atmosphere of trust, transparency, and collaboration.