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The Danville Area School District ia a midsized, rural, public school district which spans portions of two counties in Pennsylvania. In Montour County it covers the Boroughs of Danville and Washingtonville and Cooper Township, Derry Township, Liberty Township, Mahoning Township, Mayberry Township, Valley Township and West Hemlock Township. In Northumberland County it covers the Borough of Riverside and Rush Township. The District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 18,894. By 2010, the District's population declined to 18,765 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011〕 The educational attainment levels for the Danville Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 89.8% high school graduates and 27.4% college graduates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=School District Comparative Analysis Profiles )〕 The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 28.8% 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.〔Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012〕 In 2009, the residents' per capita income was $20,247, while the median family income was $46,435.〔American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2010〕 In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 In Montour County, the median household income was $45,255.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County )〕 By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. Danville Area School District officials reported that, in school year 2007-08, the District provided basic educational services to 2,563 pupils through the employment of 200 teachers, 152 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 16 administrators. In 2009-10, the District provided basic educational services to 2,470 pupils. It employed: 202 teachers, 143 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 15 administrators during the 2009-10 school year. The District received $11.4 million in state funding in the 2009-10 school year. The District operates Danville High School (Grades 9-12), Danville Middle School (Grades 6-8), Liberty Valley Intermediate Elementary School (Grades 3-5), and Danville Area Primary Elementary School (Grades K2). Of the 4 elementary schools formerly operated by the district until June 2011, only Liberty Valley remains open today (but not to students in Grades K2). Danville Elementary School, Riverside Elementary School, and Mahoning Cooper Elementary School all closed in the 2011 consolidation of the new Danville Area Primary Elementary School. () Danville Area School District experienced a significant decline in enrollment. The 2009-10 enrollment was 2,342. It had peaked at 2,837 pupils in 1998-99. The board added 36 professional positions and nearly doubled the number of nonprofessional positions by adding 23 workers over that period. ;Mascot and Colors The District's school colors are Orange and Purple and its mascot is the Ironman. The Orange and Purple represent the colors of hot iron. Iron turns orange at forging temperatures and purple at even hotter casting temperatures. This is due to the historical significance of an iron refinery in downtown Danville. Danville Area was commissioned in 1900, within a few years of when the mill closed. The refinery stood idle for decades, but it was finally demolished in the 1930s. ==History== Shortly before the turn of the 20th Century, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania called for special districts acting as their own local government units to run the state's public school system, whereas counties, boroughs, townships, towns, and cities had previously been allowed to run schools. In 1900, the legislature commissioned Danville School District. Originally, the district covered only Danville, but it was granted an increasing geographical region as the state decommissioned surrounding districts. It expanded to cover all but the very northernmost townships of Montour County. Later, with the decommission and annexation of South Danville School District, it took up part of Northumberland County as well. In 1957, Danville School District was awarded the designation of "Area" in its name. In 2007, a U.S. News & World Report study rated Danville High School in the top 5% as one of the best public high schools in the United States of America. In 2010, the high school was not listed in the Top US Schools Listing.〔(US News and World Report - Pennsylvania - Best High Schools 2010 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danville Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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