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{{for|the private school|Delaware Valley High School (private school)}} {{For|the private school|Delaware Valley High School (private school)}}
{{Infobox school {{Infobox school
| name = Delaware Valley High School | name = Delaware Valley High School
| image =Delaware Valley High School logo.png | image = Delaware Valley High School logo.png
| imagesize = 200 px | imagesize = 200 px
| caption = Delaware Valley | caption = Delaware Valley
| streetaddress = 252 Route 6 & 209 (11/12) 256 Route 6 & 209 (9/10) | streetaddress = 256 Route 6 & 209
| city = Milford | city = Milford
| state = Pennsylvania | state = Pennsylvania
| county = Pike | county = Pike
| zipcode = 18337-9454 | zipcode = 18337-9454
| country = United States | country = United States
| principal = Brian Blaum | principal = Louis DeLauro
| type = Public | type = Public
| grades = 9{{ndash}}12 | established = 1956
| team_name = Warriors | district = Delaware Valley School District
| us_nces_district_id = 420753005261
⚫ | colors = {{color box|red}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}}
| grades = 9{{ndash}}12
⚫ | enrollment = 1,570 (2017–18)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4207530&ID=420753005261|title=Delaware Valley HS|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 31, 2019}}</ref>
| teaching_staff = 116.16 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | team_name = Warriors
| ratio = 13.52<ref name=NCES/> | rival =
⚫ | colors = {{color box|red}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}}
⚫ | homepage = http://dvsd.schoolwires.net/1002468/site/default.asp
| athletics_conference = PIAA District 2
⚫ | enrollment = 1,418 (2022–2023)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4207530&ID=420753005261|title=Delaware Valley HS|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=October 20, 2024}}</ref>
| teaching_staff = 114.94 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio = 12.34<ref name=NCES/>
⚫ | homepage = https://www.dvsd.org/Domain/73
}} }}
'''Delaware Valley High School''' in ], ], United States, is the high school that serves grades 9{{ndash}}12 in the greater part of Scranton. The School is located in ]. As of 2010, it serves some 1870 students. The school is operated by the ]. '''Delaware Valley High School''' in ], ], United States, is a high school that serves grades 9{{ndash}}12 and is located in ]. As of 2019, it serves 1,517 students. The school is operated by the ].


== Overview == == Overview ==


It is located at 252 Routes 6 and 209 in ], between Milford and ]. The original high school, which is now the Delaware Valley Elementary School, was built in 1956 when the Milford High School and the Matamoras High School merged. The main part of the current high school was constructed in 1972 and has had many additions since then to meet student demand. The school is split into two sub-schools, a 9/10 High School serving grades 9 and 10 and an 11/12 High School serving grades 11 and 12. Each section has its own set of administration, guidance counselors, etc. This school also has the Delaware Valley Middle School attached, which consists of children in 6-8. They also have their own set of administration, and guidance counselors. It is located at 252 Routes 6 and 209 in ], between Milford and ]. The original high school was built in 1956 when Milford High School and Matamoras High School merged. The main part of the current high school was constructed in 1972 and has had many additions since then to meet student demand. The school is split into two sub-schools, a 9/10 High School serving grades 9 and 10 and an 11/12 High School serving grades 11 and 12. Each section has its own set of administration, guidance counselors, etc. This school also has the Delaware Valley Middle School attached, which consists of children in 6–8. They also have their own set of administration, and guidance counselors.

In 2008, a minor controversy erupted when a news report surfaced alleging that 10% of the middle and high school student population was infected with a sexually transmitted disease.<ref>{{cite news|title=STDs Run Rampant at Pa. School District|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372728,00.html|publisher=Fox News | date=December 7, 2011}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
According to the ] Common Core of Data:
;Students:
*Total Students 1870 students in 2010
*Grade 9 - 505 students | Grade 10 - 445 students
*Grade 11 - 446 students | Grade 12 - 474 students
*Gender: Females 917, Males - 940
*Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity: Percent Asian 1%, Hispanic 4%, Black 3%, White 92%
*Poverty rate - Eligible for Free Lunch 324 pupils with another 99 pupils eligible for Reduced Lunch.

;Faculty:
*Total Classroom Teachers 135.90 yielding a student teacher ratio of 13:1 in 2010. All of the teachers were designated as Highly Qualified Teachers under ], in 2011.
*Teacher : Student Ratio 1:13

==Graduation Rate==
In 2011, the graduation rate was 96%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/District/DataTable/c52/120522003 |title=Delaware Valley School District AYP Data Table |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075443/http://paayp.emetric.net/District/DataTable/c52/120522003 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Delaware Valley High School's rate was 88% for 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_department_of_education/7237/info/757639 |title=New 4-year Cohort Graduation Rate Calculation Now Being Implemented |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=March 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914150409/http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_department_of_education/7237/info/757639 |archivedate=2010-09-14 }}</ref>

;According to traditional graduation rate calculations:
*2010 - 94%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/School/DataTable/c52/120522003/5261 |title=Delaware Valley High School AYP Data table |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2010 |access-date=2012-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812211603/http://paayp.emetric.net/School/DataTable/c52/120522003/5261 |archive-date=2014-08-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2009 - 94%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/pa-school-district-statistical-snapshot-database-2008-09-1.864368?appSession=021261913248552&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=1&cpipage=2&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy= |title=PA School District Statistical Snapshot Database 2008-09 |author=The Times-Tribune |date=June 27, 2010}}</ref>
*2008 - 95%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/data-center/grading-our-schools/2008-graduation-rates-1.85916?appSession=348261913401460 |title=County School Districts Graduation Rates 2008 |author=The Times-Tribune |date=June 25, 2009}}</ref>
*2007 - 95%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.papartnerships.org/reports/droppingbackin/tables/Grad_Info_By_District.pdf |author=Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children |title=High School Graduation rate 2007 |year=2008 |access-date=2012-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507041522/http://www.papartnerships.org/reports/droppingbackin/tables/Grad_Info_By_District.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Academics==
In 2011, the school was in '''Warning''' AYP status due to lagging math achievement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/School/Overview/c52/120522003/5261 |title=Delaware Valley High School AYP Overview |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813034349/http://paayp.emetric.net/School/Overview/c52/120522003/5261 |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, the school achieved AYP.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Delaware Valley High School AYP Overview, 2010</ref>

;PSSA Results:
'''11th Grade Reading'''
*2011 - 84% on grade level, (5% below basic). State - 69.1% of 11th graders are on grade level.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 |title=2010-2011 PSSA and AYP Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>
*2010 - 85% (6% below basic). State - 66%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 |title=2009-2010 PSSA and AYP Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2010}}</ref>
*2009 - 80% (7% below basic). State - 65%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/data-center/grading-our-schools#axzz1AEtaWzpF |title=Grading Our Schools database, 2009 PSSA results |author=The Times-Tribune. |date=September 14, 2009}}</ref>
*2008 - 81% (7% below basic). State - 65%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2007-2008_pssa_and_ayp_results/507514 |title=2007-2008 PSSA and AYP Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=August 15, 2008}}</ref>
*2007 - 78% (8% below basic). State - 65%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2006-2007_pssa_and_ayp_results/507511 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=PSSA Math and Reading results |year=2007}}</ref>

'''11th Grade Math:'''
*2011 - 68% on grade level (8% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 60.3% of 11th graders are on grade level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/Content/reportcards/RC11S120522003000005261.PDF |title=Delaware Valley High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2011 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 29, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*2010 - 72% (10% below basic). State - 59%
*2009 - 67% (15% below basic). State - 56%.
*2008 - 61% (20% below basic). State - 56%
*2007 - 70% (13% below basic). State - 53%

'''11th Grade Science:'''
*2011 - 48% on grade level (8% below basic). State - 40% of 11th graders were on grade level.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 |title=2010-2011 PSSA results in Science |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>
*2010 - 51% (7% below basic). State - 39%
*2009 - 48% (8% below basic). State - 40%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/data-center/grading-our-schools#axzz1AEtaWzpF |title=Grading Our Schools database, 2009 Science PSSA results |author=The Times-Tribune |year=2009}}</ref>
*2008 - 39% (8% below basic). State - 39%

==College Remediation Rate==
According to a ] study released in January 2009, '''22% of Delaware Valley High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and/or reading''' before they were prepared to take college level courses in the ] or community colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=space&name=Dir&id=cached&psname=Dir&psid=1&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true&control=DirRepost&rangeFrom=121&rangeTo=140&subfolderID=5358&DirMode=1 |title=Pennsylvania College Remediation Report |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=January 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503011538/http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=space&name=Dir&id=cached&psname=Dir&psid=1&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true&control=DirRepost&rangeFrom=121&rangeTo=140&subfolderID=5358&DirMode=1 |archivedate=2012-05-03 }}</ref> Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years.<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, 2008</ref> Per the ], one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.

==SAT Scores==
From January to June 2011, 311 Delaware Valley High School students took the ] exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 505. The Math average score was 508. The Writing average score was 499.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pa.gov/portal/server.pt/community/data_and_statistics/7202/sat_and_act_scores/674663 |title=Public School SAT Scores 2011 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015105956/http://pa.gov/portal/server.pt/community/data_and_statistics/7202/sat_and_act_scores/674663 |archivedate=2011-10-15 }}</ref> Pennsylvania ranked 40th among states with SAT scores: Verbal - 493, Math - 501, Writing - 479.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/sat-scores-by-state-2011 |title=SAT Scores State By State - Pennsylvania |author=College Board |date=September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008051457/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/sat-scores-by-state-2011 |archivedate=2011-10-08 }}</ref> In the United States 1.65 million students took the exam in 2011. They averaged 497 (out of 800) verbal, 514 math and 489 in writing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/while_us_sat_scores_dip_across.html |title=While U.S. SAT scores dip across the board, N.J. test-takers hold steady |work=NJ.com |date=September 2011}}</ref>

==Dual enrollment==
The high school offers a Dual Enrollment program. This state program permits high school students to take courses, at local higher education institutions, to earn college credits. Students remain enrolled at their high school. The courses count towards high school graduation requirements and towards earning a college degree. The students continue to have full access to activities and programs at their high school. The college credits are offered at a deeply discounted rate. The state offered a small grant to assist students in costs for tuition, fees and books<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/dual_enrollment/18126 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=Dual Enrollment Guidelines |year=2010}}</ref> Under the Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement, many Pennsylvania colleges and universities accept these credits for students who transfer to their institutions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patrac.org/ |title=Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement |author=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |date=March 2010}}</ref> For the 2009-10 funding year, the Delaware Valley School District received a state grant of $43,855 for the program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/dual_enrollment/18126 |title=Dual Enrollment Grants 2009 10 Fall Grants by School District |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2009}}</ref>

==Classrooms for the future grant==
The Classroom for the Future state program provided districts with hundreds of thousands of extra state funding to buy laptop computers for each core curriculum high school class (English, Science, History, Math) and paid for teacher training to optimize the computers use. The program was funded from 2006-2009. Delaware Valley School District's application was denied by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, in 2006-07. in 2007-08, Delaware Valley High School received 548,545. The school received another $99,595 in 2008-09 for a total funding of $648,140.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/reports/performance/special/specff122208.pdf |author=Pennsylvania Auditor General |title=Classrooms for the Future grants audit |date=December 22, 2008}}</ref> The highest funding state wide was awarded to ] in ] - $9,409,073. In 2010, Classrooms for the Future funding was curtailed statewide due to a massive state financial crisis.

==Extracurriculars==
The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. Eligibility for participation is determined by school board policy and the rules of the ].

By Pennsylvania law, all K{{ndash}}12 students residing in the district, including those who attend a private non-public school, cyber charter school, charter school and those home-schooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pennsylvania-governor-rendell-says-home-schooled-children-can-participate-in-school-district-extracurricular-activities-55536207.html |title=Home-Schooled, Charter School Children Can Participate in School District Extracurricular Activities |author=Pennsylvania Office of the Governor Press Release |date=November 10, 2005}}</ref>


== References == == References ==
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For the private school, see Delaware Valley High School (private school). Public school in Milford, Pike, Pennsylvania, United States
Delaware Valley High School
Delaware Valley
Address
256 Route 6 & 209
Milford, Pike, Pennsylvania 18337-9454
United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1956
School districtDelaware Valley School District
NCES District ID420753005261
PrincipalLouis DeLauro
Teaching staff114.94 (FTE)
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,418 (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio12.34
Color(s)     
Athletics conferencePIAA District 2
Team nameWarriors
Websitehttps://www.dvsd.org/Domain/73

Delaware Valley High School in Milford, Pennsylvania, United States, is a high school that serves grades 9–12 and is located in Pike County. As of 2019, it serves 1,517 students. The school is operated by the Delaware Valley School District.

Overview

It is located at 252 Routes 6 and 209 in Westfall Township, between Milford and Matamoras. The original high school was built in 1956 when Milford High School and Matamoras High School merged. The main part of the current high school was constructed in 1972 and has had many additions since then to meet student demand. The school is split into two sub-schools, a 9/10 High School serving grades 9 and 10 and an 11/12 High School serving grades 11 and 12. Each section has its own set of administration, guidance counselors, etc. This school also has the Delaware Valley Middle School attached, which consists of children in 6–8. They also have their own set of administration, and guidance counselors.

References

  1. ^ "Delaware Valley HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 20, 2024.

External links

Pike County, Pennsylvania Schools
Main School Districts
Delaware Valley
Other Schools
East Stroudsburg Area (partially located in Monroe County)
Wallenpaupack Area (partially located in Wayne County)

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