Blue Ridge School District

This article is about a school district in Pennsylvania. For the similarly named district in Arizona, see Blue Ridge Unified School District.
Blue Ridge School District
Address
5058 School Road
New Milford, Pennsylvania
, 18834
United States
District information
GradesPreK-12
Students and staff
District mascotRaiders
ColorsRed and white
Other information
Websitewww.brsd.org

The Blue Ridge School District is a small, rural, public school district located in Susquehanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania. It serves the Boroughs of Great Bend, Hallstead and New Milford and Great Bend Township, Jackson Township and New Milford Township. The educational attainment levels for the Blue Ridge School District population (25 years old and over) were 89.6% high school graduates and 13.5% college graduates.[1] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 42.9% 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.[2] In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education reported that 13 students in the Blue Ridge School District were homeless.[3]

Blue Ridge School District operates three schools: Blue Ridge High School, Blue Ridge Middle School and Blue Ridge Elementary School. High school students may choose to attend the Susquehanna County Career Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades.

References

  1. ^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  2. ^ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
  3. ^ Collin Deppen (January 2015). "How many children are homeless in your school district?" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Education.