Beaver Area High School
| Beaver Area School District | |
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855 Second Street Beaver, Pennsylvania, 15009 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′30″N 80°18′25″W / 40.69162°N 80.30681°WCoordinates: 40°41′30″N 80°18′25″W / 40.69162°N 80.30681°W |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | John C. Hansen |
| Asst. Superintendent(s) | Dr. Carrie Rowe |
| School board | Terri Williams (President), Frank Bovalino, Deborah Hogue, Robert L. Bickerton, Mark Deitrick, Tracy Longo, Keith Neeley, Bruce Woodske, Denise Yates |
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4 total:
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| District ID | 4203120 |
| Students | 1,986 |
| Teachers | 120 |
| Staff | 238 |
| Student-teacher ratio | 17:1 |
| District mascot | Bobcats |
| Colors |
Maroon Gray |
| Website | www |
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Beaver Area School District is a small, neat, suburban, public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 21 square miles (54 km2) serving the Boroughs of Beaver and Bridgewater and Brighton Township and Vanport Township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 14,989 people. According to District officials, in school year 2009-10 the Beaver Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,087 pupils through the employment of 135 teachers, 80 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 18 administrators. Beaver Area School District received more than $8.5 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
The district operates one High School, one Middle School and two Elementary Schools.
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.
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives Sunshine Review gave the school board and district administration a "F" for transparency based on a review of "What information can people find on their school district's website". It examined the school district's website for information regarding; taxes, the current budget, meetings, school board members names and terms, contracts, audits, public records information and more.
Beaver Area School District was ranked 52nd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2012. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on the last three years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing, mathematics and science. The PSSAs are given to all children in grades 3rd through 8th and the 11th grade in high school. Adapted examinations are given to children in the special education programs. The achievement in Beaver Area School District was ranked the highest among the 14 public schools districts in Beaver County .
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