The Delaware Valley School District is a midsized, rural, public school district located in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Delaware Valley School District encompasses approximately 191 square miles (490 km2), covering the Boroughs of Matamoras and Milford and Delaware Township, Dingman Township, Milford Township, Shohola Township and Westfall Township in Pike County, Pennsylvania. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 24,333. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $20,553, while the median family income was $51,674. 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 Delaware Valley School District provided basic educational services to 5,685 pupils through the employment of 416 teachers, 241 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 25 administrators. Delaware Valley School District received more than $20.7 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
The district operates one High School, two Middle Schools and four Elementary Schools.
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