High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Mercer Area School District is a small, suburban, public school district serving parts of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA. Its namesake and central locality is the borough of Mercer; other communities in the district include Jefferson Township, Coolspring Township, Findley Township and East Lackawannock Township. The district encompasses approximately 91 square miles (240 km2). According to 2002 local census data, it serves a resident population of 11,000. In 2009, the district residents` per capita income was $16,996, while the median family income was $44,043. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Mercer Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,395 pupils through the employment of 101 teachers, 20 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. Mercer Area School District received more than $7.6 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.