Blackhawk School District
| Blackhawk School District | |
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| Address | |
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500 Blackhawk Road Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania 15010 United States of America |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′54″N 80°24′06″W / 40.765012°N 80.401799°WCoordinates: 40°45′54″N 80°24′06″W / 40.765012°N 80.401799°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| NCES District ID | 4203688 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Melanie Kerber, (contract July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017) |
| Administrator |
Mr Jerry W Wessel, Business Manager |
| Staff |
144 nonteaching staff members (2013) |
| Faculty |
157 teachers (2013) |
| Grades | PreK – 12th |
| Age | PreK to 21 years old special education |
| Number of students |
2,431 pupils (2015–16) |
| • Pre-kindergarten | 11 |
| • Kindergarten | 179 (2014) |
| • Grade 1 | 187 (2014) |
| • Grade 2 | 193 (2014) |
| • Grade 3 | 160 (2014) |
| • Grade 4 | 182 (2014) |
| • Grade 5 | 176 (2014) |
| • Grade 6 | 202 (2014) |
| • Grade 7 | 192 (2014) |
| • Grade 8 | 164 (2014) |
| • Grade 9 | 233 (2014) |
| • Grade 10 | 187 (2014) |
| • Grade 11 | 198 (2014) |
| • Grade 12 | 167 (2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16:1 |
| Color(s) |
Green Gold |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| Budget |
$34,514,917 |
| Website | www |
Mr Jerry W Wessel, Business Manager
Nancy A Bowman, Supervisor
Scott R Nelson
Korin McMillen
144 nonteaching staff members (2013)
157 teachers (2013)
2,431 pupils (2015–16)
2,431 pupils (2014–15)
2,528 pupils (2013–14)
$34,514,917
$31,930,422 (2013–14)
The Blackhawk School District is a small, rural public school district that spans portions of two counties in Pennsylvania. Blackhawk School District encompasses approximately 64 square miles (170 km2). In Beaver County it covers the Boroughs of Darlington, Patterson Heights and West Mayfield and Chippewa Township, Darlington Township, Patterson Township and South Beaver Township. In Lawrence County it covers the Borough of Enon Valley. According to 2000 federal census, it serves a resident population of 17,322 people. By 2010, the District's population increased to 17,765 people. The educational attainment levels for the Blackhawk School District population (25 years old and over) were 93.6% high school graduates and 24.1% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 27.9% of the District’s pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2013 the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that students in the Blackhawk School District were homeless. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $21,310, while the median family income was $52,242 In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Blackhawk County, the median household income was $49,217. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.
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