Brentwood Borough School District
| Brentwood Borough School District | |
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3601 Brownsville Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny 15227 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School board | 9 elected members |
| Superintendent | Dr. Amy Burch |
| Specialist | Vanessa Strassner, Director of Special Education |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 1238 (2010) |
| • Kindergarten | 83 |
| • Grade 1 | 89 |
| • Grade 2 | 87 |
| • Grade 3 | 83 |
| • Grade 4 | 104 |
| • Grade 5 | 81 |
| • Grade 6 | 86 |
| • Grade 7 | 100 |
| • Grade 8 | 91 |
| • Grade 9 | 117 |
| • Grade 10 | 105 |
| • Grade 11 | 100 |
| • Grade 12 | 112 |
| • Other | Enrollment declining to 1154 by 2019 |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Budget | $19.5 million |
| Website | http://brentwoodpgh.k12.pa.us/ |
The Brentwood Borough School District is a small, suburban public school district. It serves the Borough of Brentwood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The School District of the Borough of Brentwood encompasses approximately 1 square mile. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 10,466. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $20,024, while the median family income was $48,552. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 School District of the Borough of Brentwood provided basic educational services to 1,289 pupils through the employment of 98 teachers, 54 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 6 administrators. The School District of the Borough of Brentwood received more than $6.6 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
The district operates four 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 Brentwood Borough School Board and Brentwood Borough School 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.
In 2011, the School District of Brentwood Borough ranked 152nd out of 498 Pennsylvania districts. The ranking is based on five years of student academic achievement as demonstrated by PSSAs results in reading, writing, math and three years of science.
Brentwood Borough School District was ranked 40th out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs on: math, reading, writing and three years of science.
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