Abington School District
| Abington School District | |
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970 Highland Avenue Abington, Pennsylvania, Montgomery 19001 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Superintendent | Dr. Amy F. Sichel |
| School code | 301 |
| President | Raymond McGarry |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 7336 |
| • Kindergarten | 502 |
| • Grade 1 | 511 |
| • Grade 2 | 553 |
| • Grade 3 | 510 |
| • Grade 4 | 526 |
| • Grade 5 | 535 |
| • Grade 6 | 560 |
| • Grade 7 | 550 |
| • Grade 8 | 563 |
| • Grade 9 | 614 |
| • Grade 10 | 637 |
| • Grade 11 | 647 |
| • Grade 12 | 628 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and White |
| Mascot | Galloping Ghosts |
| Website | http://www.abington.k12.pa.us/ |
The Abington School District is a mediam-sized, suburban, public school district that serves: the Borough of Rockledge and Abington Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The district operates one high School, one middle school, and seven elementary schools. Abington School District encompasses approximately 16 square miles. According to the 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 58,680. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $29,932 a year, while the median family income was $70,226. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Abington School District provided basic educational services to 7,440 pupils. It employed: 551 teachers, 399 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 62 administrators. Abington School District received more than $16.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
Six of the district's nine schools have achieved recognition as a Blue Ribbon School.
The school district is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve four-year terms), the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The federal government controls programs it funds like Title I funding for low-income children in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring reading and math skills.
Rydal-Meadowbrook Civic Association, Abington Parent Council and Abington-Cheltenham-Jenkintown League of Women Voters co-host a School Board Candidates Forum every two years.
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