Laurel Highlands School District is a public school district located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Laurel Highlands School District encompasses approximately 55 square miles.

It was later turned into a mental health treatment facility, called New Directions, for school age children.

The building opened as South Laurel Junior High School in 1968, housing grades seven through nine.

Originally, students from the district's three elementary schools in South Union Township (Areford, Hatfield, and Hutchinson) attended South Laurel Junior High.