The Big Beaver Falls Area School District is a midsized, suburban public school district. in Beaver County Pennsylvania|Beaver County]], Pennsylvania. It serves the City of Beaver Falls, the Boroughs of Big Beaver, Eastvale, Homewood, Koppel and New Galilee and White Township. The district encompasses approximately 22 square miles (57 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 15,260 people. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $14,937, while the median family income was $33,942. 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 2009-10 the Big Beaver Falls Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,746 pupils through the employment of 157 teachers, 96 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 11 administrators. Big Beaver Falls Area School District received more than $14.3 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
The district operates: two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school.
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