Blacklick Valley School District

The Blacklick Valley School District is a diminutive, rural pupil school district located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the communities of: Nanty-Glo and Vintondale and Blacklick Township. The district encompasses approximately 34 square miles (88 km²). According to 2010 federal census data, the district's population declined to 5,161 people.^[1] Per the 2000 federal census data, Blacklick Valley School District served a resident population of 5,782.^[2] The educational attainment levels for the Blacklick Valley School District population (25 years old and over) were 85.6% high school graduates and 12.8% college graduates.^[3] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

TypePublic

Established1967

District mascotVikings

ColorsBlack & Gray

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Blacklick Valley School District
Address
555 Birch Street Nanty-Glo , Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 15943 United States
District information
Type	Public
Established	1967
Students and staff
District mascot	Vikings
Colors	Black & Gray
Other information
Website	http://www.bvsd.k12.pa.us/

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According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 55.8% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.^[4] In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $13,979, while the median family income was $36,199.^[5] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501^[6] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.^[7] In Cambria County, the median household income was $39,547.^[8] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.^[9]