Sto-Rox School District | |
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Address | |
600 Russelwood Avenue McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County 15136-3615 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
Staff | 114 staff members |
Grades |
K-12 Superintendent Frank Dalmas |
Number of students | 1,432 pupils 2011, 1,382 (2009-10) |
• Kindergarten | 110 |
• Grade 1 | 128 |
• Grade 2 | 104 |
• Grade 3 | 110 |
• Grade 4 | 107 |
• Grade 5 | 99 |
• Grade 6 | 95 |
• Grade 7 | 110 |
• Grade 8 | 103 |
• Grade 9 | 110 |
• Grade 10 | 93 |
• Grade 11 | 118 |
• Grade 12 | 95 |
Color(s) | Kelly Green, White |
Mascot | Vikings |
Budget |
$23.1 million 2012-13; $21.97 million 2013-14 |
Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $8,416.59, HS - $9,102.72 |
Per pupil spending | $14,767 (2008) ranked 67th in state |
Per pupil spending | $13,988.97 (2010) ranked 202nd |
Website | http://www.srsd.k12.pa.us/ |
K-12
$23.1 million 2012-13; $21.97 million 2013-14
$23 million (2012-13)
The Sto-Rox School District is a diminutive, suburban, public school district in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The youth of the borough of McKees Rocks and Stowe Township are educated by the district. Sto-Rox School District encompasses approximately 3 square miles (7.8 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 13,330 people. By 2010, the district's population declined to 12,468 people. In 2009, Sto-Rox School District residents' per capita income was $15,833, while the median family income was $33,343 a year. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.
In school year 2005-06, the Sto-Rox School District provided basic educational services to 1,457 pupils through the employment of 133 teachers, 94 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Sto-Rox School District received more than $10.1 million in state funding in school year 2005-06. In the 2007-08 school year, the Sto-Rox School District provided basic educational services to 1,403 pupils. It employed: 127 teachers, 97 full-time and part-time support personnel, and ten (10) administrators. Sto-Rox School District received more than $11.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. In 2010, the District provided basic educational services to 1,375 pupils. At the time, Sto-Rox School District employed: 177 teachers, 22 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 12 administrators. Sto-Rox School District received $13.2 million in state funding in the 2009-10 school year.
As of 2006, the school districts' official colors changed from kelly green and white to hunter green and white. The official mascot is the viking.
All elementary students of the Sto-Rox School District in grades K-3 attend Sto-Rox Elementary School in Kennedy Township. The school was built in 1997 and has an east and west wing. All middle school students in grades 4-6 attend Sto-Rox Middle School in Kennedy Township. The state-of-the-art modern building was constructed in 2002. Both the middle and elementary schools have convenient access to a nature trail which is located in the woods behind the buildings.