Bethel Park School District
| Bethel Park School District | |
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301 Church Road Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, Allegheny 15102 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School board | 9 locally elected members |
| Superintendent | Nancy Aloi Rose |
| Director | Mr.Brian Lenosky, Director/Principal of Cyber and Alternative Learning Programs |
| Principal | Dr. Zeb Jansante, HS |
| Principal | Mr.David Muench, IMS |
| Principal | Mr.Michael Brookie, NAMS |
| Principal | Mr.Eric Chalus, MES |
| Principal | Mr.Fred Pearson, WES |
| Director of Secondary Education 5th-12th | Ms. Janet O’Rourke, |
| Faculty | 367 teachers in 2010 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Pupils | 4696 in 2011-12; 4798 (2009-10) |
| • Kindergarten | 291 |
| • Grade 1 | 248 |
| • Grade 2 | 291 |
| • Grade 3 | 327 |
| • Grade 4 | 321 |
| • Grade 5 | 310 |
| • Grade 6 | 391 |
| • Grade 7 | 363 |
| • Grade 8 | 356 |
| • Grade 9 | 417 |
| • Grade 10 | 425 |
| • Grade 11 | 440 |
| • Grade 12 | 403 |
| • Other | Enrollment declining to 3814 by 2020 |
| Color(s) | Black&Orange |
| Mascot | Black Hawks |
| Rival | Upper St Clair |
| Yearbook | Beacon |
| Budget | $73,257,025 for 2012-13 |
| Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $11,400.20, HS - $10,685.91 |
| Per pupil spending 2008 | $13,855 |
| Per pupil spending 2010 | $14,382.84 |
| Website | http://www.bpsd.org/ |
The Bethel Park School District is a midsized, suburban school district in Allegheny County. The district covers the Municipality of Bethel Park which is a suburb of Pittsburgh. Bethel Park School District encompasses approximately 12 square miles (31 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 33,556. In 2009 the residents' per capita income was $25,768, while the median family income was $64,140. Per School District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Bethel Park School District provided basic educational services to 4,879 pupils through the employment of 396 teachers, 310 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 25 administrators. Bethel Park School District received more than $15.7 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
Bethel Park School District operates a total of eight schools. Five elementary schools host grades K-4, and children are assigned to a specific school based on proximity of their home to that school. After 4th grade, all children in Bethel Park go to the same school, as the other children in their grade, since the two middle schools and high school are community-wide.
There two middle schools in the district are Neil Armstrong Middle School for grades 5-6, and Independence Middle School for grade 7-8. The high school, Bethel Park High School, is home to grades 9-12.
Additionally there are two Roman Catholic elementary schools for which the school district provides transportation: St. Katharine Drexel and St. Thomas More.
The district borders six other school districts: Baldwin-Whitehall S.D., Keystone Oaks S.D., Mt. Lebanon S.D., Peters Township S.D. (Washington County), South Park S.D., and Upper St. Clair S.D.
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