Stroudsburg Area School District Explained

Stroudsburg Area School District
Type:Public
Address:123 Linden Street
City:Stroudsburg
County:Monroe County
State:Pennsylvania
Zipcode:18360
Country:United States
Grades:K–12
Schools:Stroudsburg High School and six others
Budget:$119.8 million
Students:4,531 (2022-23)
Teachers:343.5
Ratio:13.19
Conference:Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
Mascot:Mountaineer
Colors:Maroon and White

Stroudsburg Area School District is a large, suburban/rural public school district located in the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The headquarters are located on West Main Street in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Stroudsburg Area School District encompasses approximately 73sqmi.

As of the 2022-23 school year, the district had 4,531 students across all of its schools and 343.5 teachers on a full-time employee basis for a student-teacher ratio of 13.19, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. The school budget was 2022-23 was $119.8 million.

According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 30,713. By 2010, the district's population increased to 36,502 people, and by 2015 declined to 35,787.[1] In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $22,137, while the median family income was $56,546.[2] In Pennsylvania, the median family income was $49,501[3] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[4] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 44.1% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level[5] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[6] In 2013 the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 60 students in the Stroudsburg Area School District were homeless.[7]

Schools

The Stroudsburg Area School District consists of five elementary schools, an intermediate elementary school, a middle school, a junior high, and a high school. There are four elementary principals as well as one at eachof the other four school buildings. The intermediate school has one assistant principal, junior high 1.5 assistant principals, and the high school has three assistant principals.

Stroudsburg High School students may choose to attend Monroe Career & Tech Institute for training in the trades. The Colonial Intermediate Unit IU20 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

W.H. Ramsey Elementary was closed by the school board due to declining enrollment district-wide, effective June 2014, followed by Clearview Elementary the following year.

Extracurriculars

Sports

The district funds:

Varsity:
  • Boys:
  • Girls:
    Junior high middle school sports:
  • Boys:
  • Girls:

    According to PIAA directory July 2013 [8]

    Notes and References

    1. US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
    2. US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009
    3. Web site: American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts . US Census Bureau . 2010.
    4. Web site: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 . US Census Bureau . September 2011.
    5. Web site: Poverty Guidelines .
    6. Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
    7. Web site: How many children are homeless in your school district? . Collin Deppen . Pennsylvania Department of Education . January 2015.
    8. Web site: PIAA School Directory . Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association . 2013.