A small, rural public school system called Southern Columbia Area School District is situated in Catawissa, Pennsylvania. Communities in two counties are served by it. Catawissa Borough, Catawissa Township, Locust Township, Roaring Creek Township, Franklin Township, and Cleveland Township are all served by the district in Columbia County. It serves Ralpho Township in Northumberland County. The Southern Columbia Area School District is 108 square miles in size.

Three schools are run by the Southern Columbia Area School District: Southern Columbia Area Middle School (fifth grade through eighth grade), G.C. Hartman Elementary Center (kindergarten through fourth grade), and Southern Columbia Area High School (grades nine through twelve). The Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools both accredit the Elementary and Junior/Senior High Schools.