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Cocalico School District 
Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Cocalico School District is in light blue at the very top (north-most) corner of the map. Address South Fourth Street, P.O. Box 800
Denver, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, 17517
United StatesInformation Superintendent Dr. Bruce Sensenig[1] Faculty 209 Grades K-12 Enrolment 3531 Mascot Eagles Website http://www.cocalico.org/ The Cocalico School District is a school district of 3531 students educated in six schools by 209 teachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13. The school district covers the Boroughs of Denver and Adamstown and East Cocalico Township and West Cocalico Township. The district operates one High School, one Middle School and four elementary Schools. However, Schoeneck Elementary closed after the 2010-2011 school year, a controversial move that garnered media attention and left the district with only three elementary schools.
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Demographics
The district has six Native American students, 88 Asian students, 42 Black students and 3315 White students, with 80 students of all races considering themselves Hispanic or Latino.[2]
Scholastic Performance
Attendance at Adamstown Elementary School in Adamstown, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 96.12%, essentially the same as the 96.15% scored in the prior year. Students were 85.0% proficient in math, 67.4% proficient in reading.[3]
Attendance at Denver Elementary School in Denver, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 96.36%, essentially the same as the 96.27% scored in the prior year. Students were 87.1% proficient in math, 70.9% proficient in reading.[4]
Attendance at Reamstown Elementary School in Reamstown, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 96.26%, essentially the same as the 95.97% scored in the prior year. Students were 81.0% proficient in math, 63.9% proficient in reading.[5]
Attendance at Schoeneck Elementary School in Stevens, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 96.95%, essentially the same as the 97.12% scored in the prior year. Students were 94.6% proficient in math, 91.9% proficient in reading.[6] The scores represented some of the highest in the state of Pennsylvania.
Attendance at Cocalico Middle School in Denver, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 95.37%, essentially the same as the 95.50% scored in the prior year. Students were 80.4% proficient in math, 83.5% proficient in reading.[7]
Attendance at Cocalico Senior High School in Denver, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 90.41%, somewhat lower than the 94.87% scored in the prior year. Students were 52.7% proficient in math, 64.5% proficient in reading.[8]
2006 SAT: average scores
Lancaster County schoolsSchool District Reading Math Writing Total Cocalico 473 489 467 1429 Columbia Borough 445 435 419 1299 Conestoga Valley 505 513 501 1519 Donegal 511 531 490 1532 Eastern Lancaster County 506 521 494 1521 Elizabethtown Area 501 520 490 1511 Ephrata Area 488 498 472 1458 Hempfield 522 565 505 1592 Lampeter-Strasburg 522 527 501 1550 Lancaster 449 448 448 1316 Manheim Central 503 520 491 1517 Manheim Township 547 565 535 1647 Penn Manor 492 513 474 1479 Pequea Valley 505 508 481 1494 Solanco 506 516 482 1504 Warwick 527 527 509 1563 County average 500 512 484 1496 Pennsylvania average 493 500 483 1476 U.S. average 503 518 497 1518 Possible on each test: 800 points
Source: "Blame it on fried brains",
September 21, 2006 Lancaster New EraComparison to other Lancaster County school districts
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
2005-2006 PSSA proficiency levels for Lancaster County schoolsSchool District 3-5 Reading 3-5 Math 6-8 Reading 6-8 Math 9-12 Reading 9-12 Math Cocalico[1] 67.7% 83.3% 82.7% 79.7% 63.4% 51.7% Columbia Borough[2] 64.0% 71.1% 66.1% 56.9% 47.7% 25.2% Conestoga Valley[3] 71.3% 82.1% 76.9% 75.5% 75.7% 68.0% Donegal[4] 63.0% 69.2% 70.0% 62.1% 70.7% 57.2% Eastern Lancaster County[5] 69.6% 84.0% 84.2% 78.8% 73.6% 58.4% Elizabethtown Area[6] 70.6% 81.4% 80.9% 76.9% 72.1% 64.4% Ephrata Area[7] 67.7% 82.8% 81.1% 71.0% 61.4% 65.0% Hempfield[8] 80.3% 80.0% 81.3% 79.7% 75.7% 73.4% Lampeter-Strasburg[9] 83.6% 83.0% 90.0% 84.2% 78.6% 70.1% Lancaster[10] 45.6% 59.8% 46.5% 42.4% 41.5% 31.2% Manheim Central[11] 72.1% 79.1% 77.9% 66.8% 74.2% 62.3% Manheim Township[12] 80.1% 86.9% 90.4% 82.6% 82.7% 76.1% Penn Manor[13] 70.8% 82.0% 78.3% 73.5% 78.1% 71.0% Pequea Valley[14] 73.8% 83.9% 68.0% 70.1% 72.8% 56.5% Solanco[15] 77.7% 83.9% 80.5% 75.1% 73.1% 54.6% Warwick[16] 71.4% 83.0% 77.5% 75.1% 76.1% 62.5% In some cases, 2 (or even 3) years were aggregated by Pennsylvania Department of Education See also
References
- ^ "District Personnel". Cocalico School District. http://www.cocalico.org/dist/personnel.html. Retrieved 2008–12 – 18.
- ^ "Local School Directory". http://pa.localschooldirectory.com/districts.php/district_id/113361303/district_state/PA/district_name/Cocalico.
- ^ "Adamstown Elementary". http://www.paayp.com/2510_data_table.html.
- ^ "Denver Elementary". http://www.paayp.com/2506_data_table.html.
- ^ "Reamstown Elementary". http://www.paayp.com/5053_data_table.html.
- ^ "Schoeneck Elementary". http://www.paayp.com/2508_data_table.html.
- ^ "Cocalico Middle School". http://www.paayp.com/2508_data_table.html.
- ^ "Cocalico Senior High School". http://www.paayp.com/2508_data_table.html.
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