Pleasant Valley School District (Pennsylvania)

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For the district of the same name in Ventura County, see Pleasant Valley School District (California). For the district with a similar name in Scott County, Iowa, see Pleasant Valley Community School District.
Pleasant Valley School District
Pleasant Valley School District shown in orange
Address
One School Lane Rte. 115
Brodheadsville
, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, 18322
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12
Students and staff
District mascotBears
Other information
Websitehttp://www.pvbears.org/pvbears/site/default.asp

Pleasant Valley School District is a mid-sized, rural, public school district in the west end of Monroe County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The district encompasses approximately 114 square miles (300 km2) including: Chestnuthill, Eldred, Polk, and Ross Townships, as well as communities in them, such as Brodheadsville. As of 2000, the school district served a resident population of 29,051.

By 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau reported the district's population increased to 33,891 people.[1] In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $19,853, while the median family income was $51,433.[2] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[3] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[4] The educational attainment levels for the school district population (25 years old and over) were 89.5% high school graduates and 17.9% college graduates.[5]

Schools[edit]

The district operates four schools.

  • Pleasant Valley Elementary School K-2
  • Pleasant Valley Intermediate School 3-5
  • Pleasant Valley Middle School 6-8
  • Pleasant Valley High School 9-12

High school students may choose to attend Monroe Career and Tech Institute for training. The Colonial Intermediate Unit IU20 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty!

Extracurriculars[edit]

The Pleasant Valley School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

Sports[edit]

The district funds:

Varsity
Middle school sports

According to PIAA directory July 2013[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  2. ^ US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009
  3. ^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  4. ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  5. ^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  6. ^ "PIAA School Directory". Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association. 2013.

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