Bristol Borough School District | |
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Address | |
1776 Farragut Avenue Bristol, Pennsylvania, Bucks County 19007-3706 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
School board | 9 locally elected members |
Superintendent | Mr Gregory R Wright M.Ed., MBA - Superintendent 8/2011 to 7/2014 salary $135,000 (2012) |
Administrator |
Mr Joseph T Roe - Business Manager salary $115,001 |
Principal | Thomas F. Shaffer, Elementary/MS salary $111,459 |
Principal | Thomas F. Shaffer, HS |
Staff | 73.6 people |
Faculty | 91 teachers (2011) |
Grades | PreK-12 |
Age | 4 years old preschool to 21 years old special education |
Pupils | 1,318 students (2011) |
• Kindergarten | 87 |
• Grade 1 | 110 |
• Grade 2 | 107 |
• Grade 3 | 94 |
• Grade 4 | 107 |
• Grade 5 | 99 |
• Grade 6 | 122 |
• Grade 7 | 91 |
• Grade 8 | 104 |
• Grade 9 | 118 |
• Grade 10 | 87 |
• Grade 11 | 68 |
• Grade 12 | 86 |
• Other | Preschool 38 students (2011) |
Mascot | Warriors |
Budget |
$22.1 million 2012-13 |
Per pupil spending | $14,647 (2008) |
Per pupil Spending | $15,067.85 (2010) |
Website | http://www.bbsd.org/ |
Mr Joseph T Roe - Business Manager salary $115,001
$22.1 million 2012-13
$21.2 million 2011-12
The Bristol Borough School District is a diminutive, suburban, public school district located in southern Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The District serves the Borough of Bristol. It encompasses just 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), with a population of 12,000 people at the 1990 Federal Census. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 9,923 people. By 2010, the District's population declined further to 9,729 people. In 2009, Bristol Borough School District residents’ per capita income was $17,198, while the median family income was $44,517. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Bristol Borough School District provided basic educational services to 1,267 pupils through the employment of 100 teachers, 50 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. Bristol Borough School District received more than $8.5 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. The District is served by Bucks County IU 22 for special education services and professional development programs.
Bristol Borough School District operates: Bristol High School, Bristol Middle School and Snyder-Girotti Elementary School.
The school district is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serves without compensation for a term of four years.), the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The federal government controls programs it funds like Title I funding for low-income children in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring reading and math skills. The Superintendent and Business Manager are appointed by the school board. The Superintendent is the chief administrative officer with overall responsibility for all aspects of operations, including education and finance. The Business Manager is responsible for budget and financial operations. Neither of these officials are voting members of the District's School Board.