Apollo-Ridge School District
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1825 State Road 56 Spring Church, Pennsylvania, Armstrong, Indiana 15686 United States |
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| School type | Public Public |
| Established | 1970 |
| Superintendent | Steve Harvey |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Pupils | 1480 students in 2009-10 |
| • Kindergarten | 110 |
| • Grade 1 | 105 |
| • Grade 2 | 99 |
| • Grade 3 | 104 |
| • Grade 4 | 107 |
| • Grade 5 | 98 |
| • Grade 6 | 129 |
| • Grade 7 | 127 |
| • Grade 8 | 118 |
| • Grade 9 | 128 |
| • Grade 10 | 127 |
| • Grade 11 | 84 |
| • Grade 12 | 96 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to decline to 1100 by 2020 |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Athletics | WPIAL AA |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Rival | Freeport, Leechburg |
| Website | http://apolloridge.pa.schoolwebpages.com/ |
The Apollo-Ridge School District is a small rural public school district. Apollo-Ridge School District encompasses approximately 70 square miles (180 km2) spanning small portions of two counties. In Armstrong County it covers the Boroughs of Apollo and North Apollo and Kiskiminetas Township. In Indiana County it covers Young Township. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 11,202. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $15,287, while the median family income was $39,070. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Apollo-Ridge School District provided basic educational services to 1,620 pupils through the employment of 119 teachers, 70 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 9 administrators. Apollo-Ridge School District received more than $10.7 million in state funding, for school year 2007-08.
The district operates three schools: Apollo-Ridge High School, Apollo-Ridge Middle School and Apollo-Ridge Elementary School.
Apollo Ridge School District was ranked 420th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and three years of science PSSAs.
Apollo-Ridge School District was ranked 88th out of 105 Western Pennsylvania School Districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on three years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: math, reading, writing and science.
In 2011, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Apollo-Ridge School District ranked 356th. In 2010, the district was 388th. The editor describes the ranking as: "a ranking answers the question – which school districts do better than expectations based upon economics? This rank takes the Honor Roll rank and adds the percentage of students in the district eligible for free and reduced-price lunch into the formula. A district finishing high on this rank is smashing expectations, and any district above the median point is exceeding expectations."
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