Blacklick Valley School District
Address
555 Birch Street
Nanty-Glo
, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 15943
United States
District information
TypePublic
Established1967
Students and staff
District mascotVikings
ColorsBlack & Gray
Other information
Websitehttp://www.bvsd.k12.pa.us/

The Blacklick Valley School District is a diminutive, rural pupil school district located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the communities of: Nanty-Glo and Vintondale and Blacklick Township. The district encompasses approximately 34 square miles (88 km2). According to 2010 federal census data, the district's population declined to 5,161 people.[1] Per the 2000 federal census data, Blacklick Valley School District served a resident population of 5,782.[2] The educational attainment levels for the Blacklick Valley School District population (25 years old and over) were 85.6% high school graduates and 12.8% college graduates.[3] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 55.8% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[4] In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $13,979, while the median family income was $36,199.[5] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[6] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[7] In Cambria County, the median household income was $39,547.[8] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[9]

History

The school district was established in 1967, merging the Blacklick Township and Vintondale School Districts.

Schools

  • Blacklick Valley Jr.-Sr. High
    555 Birch Street
    Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania 15943
  • Blacklick Valley Elementary Center
    1000 Railroad Street
    Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania 15943

High school students may choose to attend Admiral Peary Vocational-Technical School for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Appalachia Intermediate Unit IU8 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurriculars

Blacklick Valley School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded sports program.[10]

Sports

The school district provides:

Varsity
Junior High Middle School Sports

According to PIAA directory June 2015[11]

References

  1. ↑ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  2. ↑ US Census Bureau, Cambria County Quick Facts, 2000
  3. ↑ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  4. ↑ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
  5. ↑ US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009
  6. ↑ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  7. ↑ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  8. ↑ US Census Bureau (2014). "Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County".
  9. ↑ Michael Sauter & Alexander E.M. Hess (August 31, 2013). "America's most popular six-figure jobs". USA Today.
  10. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education (2013). "Disclosure of Interscholastic Athletic Opportunities". Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  11. ↑ Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2015). "PIAA School Directory".
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