Northern Bedford County School District
| Northern Bedford County School District | |
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NBC Drive Loysburg, Pennsylvania 16659 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1957 |
| Superintendent | Mr. Todd Beatty |
| Principal | Mr. Trevor Replogle (Elementary School) |
| Principal | Mr. Wayne Sherlock (Middle School) |
| Principal | Mr. Dave Burkett (High School) |
| Grades | Pre-K to 12th |
| Enrollment | 1070 (2010) |
| • Kindergarten | 100 |
| • Grade 1 | 60 |
| • Grade 2 | 75 |
| • Grade 3 | 57 |
| • Grade 4 | 86 |
| • Grade 5 | 67 |
| • Grade 6 | 104 |
| • Grade 7 | 92 |
| • Grade 8 | 85 |
| • Grade 9 | 95 |
| • Grade 10 | 89 |
| • Grade 11 | 88 |
| • Grade 12 | 72 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to decline to 900 in 2019 |
| Color(s) | Black and White |
| Team name | Panthers |
| Rivals | Tussey Mountain School District |
| Website | http://nbcsd.org/ |
The Northern Bedford County School District is a public school district serving parts of Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The boroughs of Hopewell and Woodbury and the townships of Bloomfield, Hopewell, Woodbury, and South Woodbury are located within district boundaries. It encompasses approximately 112 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 6,556. According to District officials, in school year 2007–08 the Northern Bedford County School District provided basic educational services to 1,244 pupils through the employment of 89 teachers, 43 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 11 administrators.
The School District was established in 1957 with its first graduating class in 1958. The present facility opened in 1963 as Northern Bedford County High School as the merger effort of Replogle, Smith, and Woodbury High Schools. A Vocational Building with a greenhouse was added in 1976, with a classroom addition added the next year. The current elementary school was constructed in the early 1990s, which eliminated the use of the former three elementary school buildings.
The Northern Bedford County School District was ranked 323rd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts, in 2010, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance on four years of PSSA results in: reading, writing, mathematics and two years of science.
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Northern Bedford County School District, was in the 27th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0–99; 100 is state best)
In 2010, the attendance rate was 95%.
The Northern Bedford County School Board has determined that a student must earn 28 credits to graduate, including: 4 credits of English, 7 credits of Math and Science – 3 in each and 1 credit in either, 3 credits Social Studies, 2 credits Arts/Humanities, 9 credits electives, 2 credits physical education, 0.5 credits health and 0.5 credit for the graduation project.
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