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Panther Valley School District is a midsized, suburban public
school district
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which is split across two counties in Pennsylvania. Panther Valley School District encompasses approximately . Panther Valley School District serves students who reside in
boroughs
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
of
Coaldale in
Schuylkill County,
Lansford,
Nesquehoning, and
Summit Hill in
Carbon County. According to 2000 federal census data, the district serves a resident population of 12,516. In 2009, the district residents’
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
was $16,533 while the
median family income
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was $39,133. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
The district operates three schools:
Panther Valley High School
Panther Valley High School is a small public high school providing grades 7 to 12, in Lansford in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is the only high school for the Panther Valley School District and serves students from both Carbon County and Schuy ...
, Panther Valley Middle School and Panther Valley Elementary School.
Extracurriculars
The district offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and after-school sports. Parties Ch
Athletics
Panther Valley is assigned to the Pennsylvania interscholastic Athletics Association (PIAA) District 11.
Panther Valley funds teams in the following high school sports:
*
Football
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boys
*
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
Girls
*
Basketball
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Boys and girls
*
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 ...
Boys
*
Softball
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Girls
*
Cheerleading
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Girls
*
Wrestling
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Boys
*
Track and field
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Boys and Girls
;The district also funds the following middle school sports:
*Basketball boys and girls
*Football boys
*Track and field boys and girls
*Wrestling boys
*According to PIAA directory July 2012
References
External links
Panther Valley School District Official Web SitePanther Valley School District AYP Report 2006-2007* http://www.openpagov.org
Pennsylvania Department of Education
{{Carbon County, Pennsylvania School Districts
School districts established in 1964
School districts in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
School districts in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
1964 establishments in Pennsylvania