Map of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania School Districts

Panther Valley School District is a midsized, suburban public

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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

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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’

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was $16,533 while the

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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 Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

Girls *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

Girls *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Boys *

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 ...

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 Site

Panther 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