Delaware Valley School District
| Delaware Valley School District | |
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236 Route 6 & 209 Milford, Pennsylvania, Pike 18337 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "Educating for life's journey." |
| Superintendent | John Bell |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Pupils | 5037 (2012) |
| • Kindergarten | 323 |
| • Grade 1 | 345 |
| • Grade 2 | 320 |
| • Grade 3 | 333 |
| • Grade 4 | 374 |
| • Grade 5 | 359 |
| • Grade 6 | 371 |
| • Grade 7 | 416 |
| • Grade 8 | 395 |
| • Grade 9 | 408 |
| • Grade 10 | 410 |
| • Grade 11 | 406 |
| • Grade 12 | 481 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to be 3066 in 2020 |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Website | http://dvsd.schoolwires.net/dvsd/site/default.asp |
For the Delaware Valley School District located in New York see Sullivan West Central School
The Delaware Valley School District is a midsized, rural, public school district located in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Delaware Valley School District encompasses approximately 191 square miles (490 km2), covering the Boroughs of Matamoras and Milford and Delaware Township, Dingman Township, Milford Township, Shohola Township and Westfall Township in Pike County, Pennsylvania. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 24,333. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $20,553, while the median family income was $51,674. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Delaware Valley School District provided basic educational services to 5,685 pupils through the employment of 416 teachers, 241 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 25 administrators. Delaware Valley School District received more than $20.7 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
The district operates one High School, two Middle Schools and four 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.
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