Burrell School District | |
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Address | |
1021 Puckety Church Road Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County 15068 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
School board | 9 locally elected members |
Superintendent | Dr. Shannon Wagner contract July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2017) Salary $125,903 (2013) |
Specialist | Dr. Matthew Conner, Assistant Superintendent, Contract July 1, 2015 to July 30, 2020) salary $107,018 (2013) |
Administrator |
Mrs Jennifer S Callahan, Business Manager, salary $115,071 (2013) |
Principal |
Mr. John Boylan, BHS salary $114,444 (2013) |
Principal |
Mr. Brian Ferra, BMS, AD salary $94,436 (2013) |
Principal | Ms. Amy Lenart, BAES salary $95,276 (2013) |
Principal | Mr. Gregory Egnor, SES salary $92,438 (2013) |
Staff | 92 non-teaching staff members |
Faculty | 123 (2013) |
Grades | K-12 |
Age | 5 years old to 21 years old special education |
Pupils |
1,792 pupils (2015-16) |
• Kindergarten | 126 (2014), 136 (2010) |
• Grade 1 | 119 (2014), 126 |
• Grade 2 | 137 (2014), 141 |
• Grade 3 | 136 (2014), 139 |
• Grade 4 | 129 (2014), 131 |
• Grade 5 | 140 (2014), 152 |
• Grade 6 | 132 (2014), 161 |
• Grade 7 | 155 (2014), 147 |
• Grade 8 | 149 (2014), 139 |
• Grade 9 | 133 (2014), 160 |
• Grade 10 | 158 (2014), 171 |
• Grade 11 | 148 (2014), 148 |
• Grade 12 | 130 (2014), 151 (2010) |
• Other | Projected to be 1862 in 2019 |
Language | English |
Color(s) | Blue and White |
Mascot | Buccaneer |
Team name | Burrell Bucs |
Newspaper | Burrell Hi-lites |
Yearbook | Buccopia |
Budget |
$29.5 million (2016-17) |
Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $7,948.96, HS - $9,040.48 |
Per Pupil Spending |
$10,906 in 2008 |
Website | http://www.burrell.k12.pa.us/ |
Mrs Jennifer S Callahan, Business Manager, salary $115,071 (2013)
Mr. Bruce Coleman, Director of Non-Professional Services, salary $84,950 (2013)
Mr. John Boylan, BHS salary $114,444 (2013)
Mr. Brian Ferra, BMS, AD salary $94,436 (2013)
1,792 pupils (2015-16)
1,802 pupils (2013)
1,925 pupils (2010)
$29.5 million (2016-17)
$10,906 in 2008
$12,114.94 in 2010
The Burrell School District is a small, rural, public school district located in northern Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The District is 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. The Burrell School District serves the City of Lower Burrell and Upper Burrell Township. The District covers 27 square miles (70 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, Burrell School District serves a resident population of 14,848 people. By 2010, the District's population declined to 14,081 people. The educational attainment levels for the Burrell School District population (25 years old and over) were 93.1% high school graduates and 23% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 28.7% 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 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $19,871, while the median family income was $49,425. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Westmoreland County, the median household income was $50,736. 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.
Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Burrell School District provided basic educational services to 2,023 pupils. The District reported employing: 135 teachers, 82 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 13 administrators. Burrell School District received more than $8.9 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. Burrell School District enrollment declined to 1,861 in 2011. The District employed: 145 teachers, 80 full-time and part-time support personnel, and increased the number of administrators to fourteen (14) for 2011-12 school year. The District received $10 million in state funding in the 2011-12 school year.