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Penn Hills School District (PHSD) is a mid-sized public

school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...

located in

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

, serving

Penn Hills Penn Hills is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 41,059 as of the 2020 census. Penn Hills is the second-largest municipality in Allegheny County, after Pittsburgh. History In 178 ...

, which is about east of

Downtown Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose ...

, and a small portion of

Wilkins Township Wilkins Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,357 at the 2010 census. It is served by Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, the 43rd District of the Pennsylvania State Senate, and the ...

. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 46,809. By 2010, the district's population declined to 42,431 people. The educational attainment levels for the Penn Hills School District population (25 years old and over) were 91.8% high school graduates and 22.8% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

Current schools

Penn Hills High School Penn Hills High School is a public secondary school located in Penn Hills, east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the sole high school operated by the Penn Hills School District. In the 2018–19 school year, enrollment was report ...

*Linton Middle School *Penn Hills Elementary School *Penn Hills Cyber Academy

Extracurriculars

Penn Hills School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. The district funds: ;Varsity: ;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 tea ...

- AAAA *

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 ...

- AAAA * Cross country - AAA *

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 ...

- AAAA *

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 wi ...

- AAA *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

- AAA *

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

and

diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

- AAA *

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 ...

- AAA *

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 ...

- AA *

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 ...

- AA ;Girls: *Basketball - AAAA *Cross country - AAA *Golf - AAA *Soccer - AAA *

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 ...

- AAAA *Swimming and diving - AAA *Tennis - AAA *Track and field - AAA *

- AAA ;Middle school sports: ;Boys: *Basketball *Football *Soccer *Swimming and diving *Track and field *Wrestling ;Girls: *Basketball *Soccer *Softball *Swimming and diving *Track and field *Volleyball According to PIAA directory July 2015

Former schools

, built in 1959 and closed on December 28, 2012, when the new school open on the site of the former Roberts Elementary School which was most recently used as the district's administration building. *Seneca Junior High, closed and demolished now is the site of UPMC's Seneca Hills Village Independent Living. *Penn Hebron Elementary, closed at the end of the 2013–2014 school year. This school was originally Penn Junior High. Penn Hebron Elementary Academy was located at 102 Duff Road, Pittsburgh. It provided full-day kindergarten through fourth grade. Penn Hebron Elementary Academy achieved a score of 81 out of 100. The score reflects on grade level: reading, science, writing and mathematics achievement. In 2013–2014, only 63.23% of the students were reading on grade level in grades third through fourth. In third grade, 63.8% of the pupils were reading on grade level. In math, 73.79% were on grade level (3rd-4th grades). In fourth grade science, 70.70% of the pupils demonstrated on grade level understanding. *Washington Elementary, closed at the end of the 2013–2014 school year. *Forbes Elementary, closed at the end of the 2013–2014 school year. Forbes Elementary School was located at 5785 Saltsburg Road, Verona. It provided kindergarten through third grade. Forbes Elementary School achieved a score of 64.7 out of 100. The score reflects on grade level: reading, science, writing and mathematics achievement. In third grade, 50% of the pupils were reading on grade level. In math, 55.7% were on grade level (3rd-5th grades). *Clifford M. Dible Elementary, closed at the end of the 2010–2011 school year and the building was demolished to make way for the new Penn Hills Elementary building. *Shenandoah Elementary, closed at the end of the 2007–2008 school year. *William Penn Elementary, closed at the end of the 2007–2008 school year. *Roberts Elementary School, closed and later demolished to make way for the new Penn Hill Senior High School. *William McKinley Elementary School, closed and now a Senior Citizens Center. *Hebron Elementary School, closed in the 1980s after a fire and now part of an industrial park. *Morrow Elementary School, closed in 1974 and now is part of the Penn Hills Senior Citizen Center on Jefferson Road. *Ben Franklin School, closed in 1975 *Thaddeus Stevens School, closed in 1979 *Davidson School, closed in the 1980s and was one of the smallest and oldest schools *Lincoln Park School, closed and is now the Lincoln Park Community Center.

Other facilities

*PHSD Roberts Administration Building, closed and demolished for new high school *PHSD Transportation Dept./Bus Garage, buses are now outsourced *Fralic Sports/Athletic Center

References

External links

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This Is Penn Hills : Community News & Events
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