Northgate School District
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591 Union Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County 15202 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Superintendent | Dr. Joseph W. Pasquerilla (eff. July 1, 2012) |
| Faculty | 110 teachers |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Age | 5 years old to 21 years old for special ed. |
| Pupils | 1277 (2009-10) |
| • Kindergarten | 93 |
| • Grade 1 | 114 |
| • Grade 2 | 98 |
| • Grade 3 | 105 |
| • Grade 4 | 93 |
| • Grade 5 | 85 |
| • Grade 6 | 97 |
| • Grade 7 | 90 |
| • Grade 8 | 119 |
| • Grade 9 | 114 |
| • Grade 10 | 104 |
| • Grade 11 | 95 |
| • Grade 12 | 106 |
| • Other | Enrollment is projected to decline to 1200 by 2015 and to remain there for 10 years. |
| Budget | $19.3 million 2012-13 |
| Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $10,041.48, HS - $11,605.81 |
| Per pupil spending | $12,966 2008 |
| Per pupil spending | $13,849.25 (2010) |
| Website | http://www.northgate.k12.pa.us/ |
Northgate School District is diminutive, suburban, public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It serves the communities Bellevue and Avalon, Pennsylvania. Northgate School District encompasses approximately 1 square mile (2.6 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 13,113. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $19,001, while the median family income was $41,896. Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08, the Northgate School District provided basic educational services to 1,333 pupils through the employment of 121 teachers, 63 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 8 administrators. In school year 2009-10, 'Northgate School District provided basic educational services to 1,285 pupils. It employed: 121 teachers, 90 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 9 administrators. Northgate School District received more than $6.6 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
Northgate School District operates three schools: Bellevue Elementary, Avalon Elementary, and Northgate Junior - Senior High School. The district has approximately 1,200 students enrolled. Bellevue Elementary and Avalon Elementary are K-6 while the Jr./Sr. High is 7-12. Enrollment is projected to decline to 1200 by 2015 and to remain there for 10 years.
Northgate School District was ranked 267th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last three years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and science.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Northgate School District ranked 41st. In 2011, the district was 89th. The editor describes the ranking as: "a ranking answers the question - which school districts do better than expectations based upon economics? This rank takes the Honor Roll rank and adds the percentage of students in the district eligible for free and reduced-price lunch into the formula. A district finishing high on this rank is smashing expectations, and any district above the median point is exceeding expectations."
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