Allegheny Valley School District
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300 Pearl Avenue Cheswick, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County 15024-1066 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School board | 9 elected members |
| Superintendent | Mr. Patrick M. Graczyk |
| School number | (724) 274-5300 |
| Administrator | Mr Brad Rau, Business Manager |
| Principal | Joshua Weaver, JSHS |
| Principal | Jennifer Vecchio, CUES |
| Principal | Gregory Heavner, APS |
| Staff | 117 non teaching staff members |
| Faculty | 71 teachers |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Number of students | 1,075 pupils (2011), 1,107 pupils (2010) |
| • Kindergarten | 74 |
| • Grade 1 | 73 |
| • Grade 2 | 72 |
| • Grade 3 | 71 |
| • Grade 4 | 83 |
| • Grade 5 | 84 |
| • Grade 6 | 93 |
| • Grade 7 | 73 |
| • Grade 8 | 90 |
| • Grade 9 | 102 |
| • Grade 10 | 96 |
| • Grade 11 | 94 |
| • Grade 12 | 102 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.78 |
| Budget | $19.3 million |
| Website | http://avsd.k12.pa.us/site/index.php |
The Allegheny Valley School District is a small, suburban, public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It covers Cheswick and Springdale boroughs and Harmar and Springdale townships in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 10 square miles (26 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 10,771 people. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $22,071, while the median family income was $45,562. 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 Allegheny Valley School District provided basic educational services to 1,193 pupils. It employed 92 teachers, 79 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 11 administrators. Allegheny Valley School District received more than $4.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
Allegheny Valley School District operates: Acmetonia Primary School (K–3), Colfax Upper Elementary School (4–6), and Springdale Jr/Sr High (7–12) School.
In 2011, the district agreed to participate in a pilot program to develop a new way to evaluate teachers that, in part, takes into account student achievement. Several Cumberland County school districts are participating. The pilot program had 104 K-12 entities, including: nine career and technical centers, nine charter schools and nine intermediate units.
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.
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