Hampton Township School District (Pennsylvania)
Hampton Township School District covers Hampton Township, Western Pennsylvania, USA. There are five schools educating around 3,100 students in grades K-12. The district graduated its first class in 1943. In 2006 it was ranked third in the Pittsburgh Business Times Honor Roll ranking of top districts, out of over 100 districts. The school district states that "three of the five schools have earned National Blue Ribbon status in recent years. Hampton has also been recognized twice by The PA Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education, for implementing best practices for inclusive education in the regular education classroom."
Hampton's mascot is the talbot, which is an extinct hunting dog. It is also the only high school in the United States with the Talbot as their mascot.
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