The Otto-Eldred School District is a diminutive, rural,
public school district located in
McKean County, Pennsylvania. The school district is named after three of the four municipalities it serves:
Eldred,
Eldred Township, and
Otto Township. A portion of
Ceres Township is also within the district's taxation and attendance boundaries. Otto-Eldred School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 4,493, while in 2010 the population had declined to 4,172 people. In 2009, Otto-Eldred School District residents' per capita income was $15,580, while the median family income was $38,393. In a hearing before the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee in 2009, then Superintendent Falk, reported that Otto-Eldred School District was the poorest in the Commonwealth.
Otto-Eldred School District operates two schools: Otto-Eldred Elementary School and Otto-Eldred Junior Senior High School.
Extracurriculars
The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.
Sports
The district funds:
;Boys:
*
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 t ...
- A
*
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
- A
*
Cross country - A
*
Football - A
*
Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
- AA
*
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 eve ...
- AA
;Girls:
*Basketball - A
*Cross country - A
*Golf - AA
*
Softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
- A
*Track and field - AA
*Volleyball
;Junior high school sports:
;Boys:
*Baseball
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Football
*Track and field
;Girls:
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Track and field
*Volleyball
According to PIAA directory July 2012
References
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School districts in McKean County, Pennsylvania
School districts in Potter County, Pennsylvania