 According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 64.7% of the District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.In 2013 the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 73 students in the Brownsville Area School District were homeless.In 2009, Brownsville Area School District residents' per capita income was $15,486 a year, while the median family income was $32,956 a year.