Solanco School District is a large, rural public school district located in the southern end of
Lancaster County (SoLanCo - Southern Lancaster County),
Pennsylvania
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. Solanco School District encompasses approximately . Solanco School District serves:
Providence Township,
Eden Township,
Quarryville Borough,
Little Britain Township,
Bart Township,
Colerain Township,
Drumore Township,
East Drumore Township and
Fulton Township. According to 2008 local census data, it served a resident population of 30,566. By 2010, the district's population increased to 31,871 people. In 2009, the district residents’
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
was $17,040, while the
median family income
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was $49,432. 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 seven schools: four elementary, two middle/junior high, one high school and a virtual academy (K-12).
*Elementary schools are:
**Quarryville Elementary School
**Providence Elementary School
**Bart-Colerain Elementary School
**Clermont Elementary School
*Middle schools:
**George A. Smith Middle School
**Swift Middle School
*High school:
**
Solanco High School
Solanco High School is a midsized, rural, public secondary school located in southern Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the Solanco School District. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in th ...
Extracurriculars
Solanco School 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 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 ...
- AAA
*
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 ...
- AAAA
*Indoor Track and Field - AAAA
*
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
*
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
*
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 ...
- AAA
;Girls:
*Basketball - AAAA
*Cross Country - AAA
*Indoor Track and Field - AAAA
*Field Hockey - AAA
*Soccer (Fall) - 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
*Girls' Tennis - AAA
*Track and Field - AAA
*Volleyball - AAA
;Junior High School Sports:
;Boys:
*Basketball
*Cross Country
*Football
*Soccer
*Track and Field
*Wrestling
;Girls:
*Basketball
*Cross Country
*Field Hockey
*Soccer (Fall)
*Track and Field
*Volleyball
According to PIAA directory July 2012
References
External links
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School districts in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania