The Rochester Area School District is a small, urban public

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. It serves the boroughs of

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and East Rochester, and the township of Rochester Township. Rochester Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 8,075 people. By 2010, the district's population had declined to 7,046. The educational attainment levels for the school district population (25 years old and over) were 88.3% high school graduates and 14.3% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 66% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the

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as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 11 students in the Rochester Area School District were homeless. In 2009, Rochester Area School District residents'

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was $16,567, while the median family income was $40,386. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Beaver County, the median household income was $49,217. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700. Rochester Area School District operates two schools: Rochester Jr-Sr High School (7th-12th) and Rochester Elementary School (K–6th). High school students may choose to attend the Beaver County Career Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades and other careers. The Beaver Valley

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IU27 provides the district with a wide variety of services like: specialized education for disabled students; state mandated training on recognizing and reporting child abuse; speech and visual disability services; criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurriculars

The Rochester Area School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

Sports

The district funds: ;Varsity: ;Boys: *

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- 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 *Bowling - AAAA * 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 *

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- AA ;Girls: *Basketball - AA *Bowling - AAAA *Cheerleading - 7th and 8th grade *

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- A *Tennis - AA *Track and field - AA *

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 Sum ...

- A ;Middle school sports: ;Boys: *Basketball *Football ;Girls: *Basketball *Volleyball According to PIAA directory July 2015

References

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