Saucon Valley School District
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2097 Polk Valley Road Southern Northampton County, Eastern Pennsylvania Hellertown, Pennsylvania 18055 United States |
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| Superintendent | Dr. Sandra Fellin $138,565 (2010) |
| Grades | Kindergarten through 12th grade |
| Number of students | 2408 pupils enrolled in 2010 |
| • Kindergarten | 166 |
| • Grade 1 | 170 |
| • Grade 2 | 180 |
| • Grade 3 | 156 |
| • Grade 4 | 162 |
| • Grade 5 | 174 |
| • Grade 6 | 195 |
| • Grade 7 | 192 |
| • Grade 8 | 181 |
| • Grade 9 | 184 |
| • Grade 10 | 217 |
| • Grade 11 | 207 |
| • Grade 12 | 187 |
| • Grade 13 | 0000 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to be 2459 in 2020. |
| Color(s) | Red/Black |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Budget | $40.2 million in 2012 |
| Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $10,524.44, HS - $11,859.26 |
| per pupil spending | $664775775.665745,77.8 |
| Website | http://www.svpanthers.org |
Saucon Valley School District is a midsized suburban public school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It serves the borough of Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township. Saucon Valley School District encompasses approximately 20 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 15,490. In 2009, district residents' per capita income was $26,599, while the district's median family income was $59,049. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Saucon Valley School District provided basic educational services to 2,447 pupils through the employment of 174 teachers, 116 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 13 administrators.
Saucon Valley School District was ranked 84th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance based on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and three years of science.
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Saucon Valley School District, was in the 1ST percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)
In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Saucon Valley School District's rate was 83% for 2010.
According to traditional graduation rate calculations:
Saucon Valley School District School Board has determined that a student must earn 28 credits in order to graduate, including: English 4 credits, Math 4 credits, Social Studies 4 credits, Science 4 credits, Health/Physical Education 2 credits, Fine or Practical Arts & Humanities 3 credits, Computer Literacy 0.5 credit, Career Exploration 0.5 credit, Writing Course 1 credit and Elective Courses 5 credits. Beginning with the class of 2012 all students are required to take and pass four science credits which must include: Physics First, Chemistry, Environmental/Earth Space Science and Biology.
By law, all Pennsylvania high school students must complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district.
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