Stroudsburg Area School District

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Stroudsburg Area School District
Map of Monroe County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
Address
123 Linden Street
Stroudsburg
, Monroe County , Pennsylvania , 18360
United States
District information
Type Public
GradesK–12
Schools Stroudsburg High School and six others
Budget$109.6 million
NCES District ID 4222860 [1]
Students and staff
Students4,719 (2021-22)
Teachers354.33 (on an FTE basis)
Student–teacher ratio13.32
Athletic conference Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
District mascotMountaineer
ColorsMaroon and White   
Other information
Website https://www.sburg.org/

Stroudsburg Area School District is a large, suburban/rural public school district located in the Poconos of northeast Pennsylvania. The headquarters are located on West Main Street in the Borough of Stroudsburg in Monroe County. Stroudsburg Area School District encompasses approximately 73 square miles (190 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 30,713 . By 2010, the district's population increased to 36,502 people, by 2015 it had declined to 35,787. [2] In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $22,137, while the median family income was $56,546. [3] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 [4] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. [5] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

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According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 44.1% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [6] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. [7] In 2013 the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 60 students in the Stroudsburg Area School District were homeless. [8]

Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Stroudsburg Area School District provided basic educational services to 5,906 pupils through the employment of 426 teachers, 364 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 24 administrators. Stroudsburg Area School District received more than $18.9 million in state funding in school year 2007–08. The superintendent of schools was Dr. John A. Toleno. In school year 2009–10, Stroudsburg Area School District provided basic educational services to 5,641 pupils. It employed: 415 teachers, 362 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 25 administrators. Stroudsburg Area School District received more than $21.3 million in state funding in school year 2009–10. In February 2017, Superintendent Cosmas Curry reported the district employed 379 classroom teachers and student enrollment was 5,087 students.

Schools

The Stroudsburg Area School District consists of five elementary schools, an intermediate elementary school, a middle school, a junior high, and a high school. There are four elementary principals as well as one at each of the other four school buildings. The intermediate school has one assistant principal, junior high 1.5 assistant principals, and the high school has three assistant principals.

Stroudsburg High School students may choose to attend Monroe Career & Tech Institute for training in the trades. The Colonial Intermediate Unit IU20 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.

W.H. Ramsey Elementary was closed by the school board due to declining enrollment district-wide, effective June 2014, followed by Clearview Elementary the following year.

Extracurriculars

Sports

The district funds:

Varsity
Junior high middle school sports

According to PIAA directory July 2013 [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Stroudsburg Area School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. ↑ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009
  4. ↑ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts".
  5. ↑ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Poverty Guidelines".
  7. ↑ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
  8. ↑ Collin Deppen (January 2015). "How many children are homeless in your school district?" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Education.
  9. ↑ "PIAA School Directory". Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association. 2013.

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