The Blacklick Valley School District is a diminutive, rural pupil

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located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the communities of: Nanty-Glo and Vintondale and Blacklick Township. The district encompasses approximately . According to 2010 federal census data, the district's population declined to 5,161 people. Per the 2000 federal census data, Blacklick Valley School District served a resident population of 5,782. 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. 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. In 2009, the district residents’

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was $13,979, while the

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was $36,199. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Cambria County, the median household income was $39,547. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.

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

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for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The

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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.

Sports

The school district provides: ;Varsity: ;Boys: *

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- Class A *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

- Class A *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

- Class A *

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

- Class AA ;Girls: *

- Class A *

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- Class A *

- Class AA ;Junior High Middle School Sports: ;Boys: *Basketball *Football ;Girls: *Basketball According to PIAA directory June 2015

References

External links

Blacklick Valley School District

Penna. Interscholastic Athletic Assn.
{{Authority control School districts in Cambria County, Pennsylvania 1967 establishments in Pennsylvania School districts established in 1967