Steel Valley School District
| Steel Valley School District | |
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220 E. Oliver Road Munhall, Pennsylvania, Allegheny 15120 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Superintendent | Mr. Edward Wehrer |
| Staff | steelvalleysd |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 1779 (2009-2010) |
| • Kindergarten | 116 |
| • Grade 1 | 120 |
| • Grade 2 | 138 |
| • Grade 3 | 128 |
| • Grade 4 | 135 |
| • Grade 5 | 130 |
| • Grade 6 | 138 |
| • Grade 7 | 135 |
| • Grade 8 | 137 |
| • Grade 9 | 152 |
| • Grade 10 | 175 |
| • Grade 11 | 143 |
| • Grade 12 | 132 |
| • Other | Enrollment is project to decline by over 200 students by 2019 |
| Website | www |
Steel Valley School District is a small, suburban public school district in the state of Pennsylvania. It is located to the southeast of the City of Pittsburgh. It serves the boroughs of Homestead, Munhall, and West Homestead, former mill towns. Steel Valley School District encompasses approximately 4 square miles. According to a 2005 local census data, it served a resident population of 18,340. In 2009, the district's residents per capita income was $16,902, while median family income was $40,295. Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08 the Steel Valley School District provided basic educational services to 1,892 pupils through the employment of 170 teachers, 71 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 15 administrators. Steel Valley School District received more than $11.8 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
The district operates four schools: Barrett Elementary School Grades K-4, Park Elementary School Grades K-4, Steel Valley Middle School Grades 5-8 and Steel Valley Senior High School Grades 9-12.
Notable landmarks within the district include the site of the Homestead Strike, The Waterfront shopping complex, Sandcastle Waterpark, and the headquarters of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.
The Steel Valley School District was ranked 384th out of 493 Pennsylvania School Districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: math, reading, writing and three years of science.
Local ranking - The Steel Valley School District was ranked 85th out of 105 Western Pennsylvania School Districts in 2009 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. In 2008, the school ranked 81st out of 105 Western Pennsylvania districts.
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