Western Beaver County School District | |
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Address | |
343 Ridgemont Drive Midland, Pennsylvania, Beaver County 15059 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
Established | 1963 |
Closed | Snyder Elementary School (2011) |
School board | 9 locally elected members |
Superintendent | Dr Robert H Postupac, salary $119,232 (2013 0, (contract July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2018), M.Ed ($101,920 in 2010) |
School number | (724) 643-9310, ext. 1006 |
Administrator |
Steven Wellendorf, salary $98,266 |
Principal | David Brandon, HS salary $68,000 (2013) |
Principal | Ronald D. Busby, FES salary $79,827 (2013) |
Head teacher | Karin Pilarski, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction, salary $77,611 |
Staff | 61.8 (2013) |
Faculty | 54 teachers (2013) |
Grades | Preschool-12th grade |
Age | 4 years old to 21 years old special education students |
Pupils |
715 pupils (2015-16) |
• Kindergarten | 50 (2011), 57 (2010) |
• Grade 1 | 48 (2011), 53 |
• Grade 2 | 51 (2011), 49 |
• Grade 3 | 47 (2011), 49 |
• Grade 4 | 56 (2011), 47 |
• Grade 5 | 64 (2011), 55 |
• Grade 6 | 56 (2011), 62 |
• Grade 7 | 73 (2011), 59 |
• Grade 8 | 50 (2011), 67 |
• Grade 9 | 76 (2011), 54 |
• Grade 10 | 68 (2011), 72 |
• Grade 11 | 57 (2011), 57 |
• Grade 12 | 73 (2011), 64 (2010) |
Language | English |
Budget | 2011-12: $11,465,563.00 |
Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $8,947.39, HS - $12,168.72 |
Per pupil spending |
$13,000 (2008) |
Enrollment | Enrollment projected to be 500 in 2019 |
Website | www.westernbeaver.org |
Steven Wellendorf, salary $98,266
715 pupils (2015-16)
728 pupils (2013-14)
769 pupils (2009–10)
$13,000 (2008)
$13,901.89 (2010)
The Western Beaver County School District is a diminutive, rural, public school district serving the boroughs of Industry, Pennsylvania, Glasgow, Pennsylvania and Ohioville, Pennsylvania. Western Beaver County School District encompasses approximately 34.5 square miles (89 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 5,743. By 2010, the District's population declined to 5,429 people. The educational attainment levels for theWestern Beaver County School District population (25 years old and over) were 92.5% high school graduates and 14.4% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 36.5% of the District’s pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $18,006, while the median family income was $46,433. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Beaver County, the median household income was $49,217. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.
According to school district administrative officials, during the 2009-10 school year, Western Beaver County School District provided basic educational services to 806 pupils through the employment of 8 administrators, 73 teachers, and 63 full-time and part-time support personnel. The district's staff is included a librarian, a library aide, two reading specialists, a gifted coordinator and gifted support teacher, 15 teachers' aides, and a technology coordinator. The average teacher to student ratio is 1:16. In 2011-12, the District enrollment declined to 718 pupils. It employed: 65 teachers, 46 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 5 administrators. The Western Beaver County School District received $7.5 million in state funding in the 2011-12 school year.