Pine-Richland High School
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700 Warrendale Road Gibsonia, Pennsylvania 15044-6040 Coordinates: 40°39′34″N 80°01′01″W / 40.659338°N 80.017017°W United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1993 |
| School district | Pine-Richland School District |
| Superintendent | Brian Miller, 2013-2017 |
| Principal | Nancy Bowman |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,538 |
| • Grade 12 | 381 |
| Color(s) |
Green and white |
| Athletics conference | WPIAL section AAAA |
| Mascot | Rams |
| Tuition | $9,633.40 (for nonresident and charter school students) |
| Information | (724) 625-4444 |
| Website | PRHS |
Green and white
Pine-Richland High School is a large public high school located at 700 Warrendale Road, in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Pine-Richland School District and is located in Pine Township.
In 2015, the school's enrollment was 1,538 pupils. In 2013, it was reported that 5% of students were from low-income homes and 11% received special education services. Eight percent of students were identified as gifted. Pine-Richland is 88% white, with other ethnicities comprising 12% of the student population.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2010, the school reported an enrollment of 1,467 pupils in grades 9 through 12, with 81 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch. The school employed 101 teachers, yielding a student teacher ratio of 14:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Richland High School was opened in September 1956, which allowed the students who transferred from other schools to spend the final two years of their public education at PRHS, along Bakerstown-Warrendale Road in Richland Township. The first class graduated in June, 1958. The former building closed in 1993 and became Richland Elementary School in 1994. The new high school became Pine-Richland High School, and was opened at its current location in Pine Township in 1993.
The Pine-Richland Stadium was built on the new secondary campus between the middle school and the high school in 2001.
The current building was opened in 1993, with two gymnasiums, a pool, nearly 80 classrooms, office space, and a large auditorium. An addition opened in 2000 with modifications to the original building, plus nearly 30 more classrooms and the new district office. Another addition to the school was completed in October 2012.
Newsweek magazine ranked PRHS 841 out of the top schools in the US in 2009, and PRHS was the fourth highest ranked high school in Pennsylvania.
U.S. News and World Report awarded Pine-Richland High School a Silver Rating, placing it in the top 604 in the nation. Students continuously outperform national standards, particularly in the sciences and math. The school has a graduation rate between 93-98%, depending on the graduating class. A number of students go on to ivy league or equally high caliber schools each year.
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