Pequea Valley School District

The Pequea Valley School District is a school district of 1,589 students educated in 4 schools by 122 teachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[3] It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13.

Pequea Valley School District
Location
Lancaster County Pennsylvania United States
District information
Motto	"Where each learner counts"
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Erik Orndorff[1]
Budget	$32,994,25 [2]
Students and staff
Students	1,589
Teachers	122
Staff	180
Other information
Website	Pequea Valley School District

District Schools

Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Pequea Valley School District is in orange at the center right (eastern) side of the map.

Salisbury Elementary School, located on 422 School Lane Rd in Gap, PA

Paradise Elementary, located on 20 N Belmont Rd in Paradise, PA

Paradise Elementary School

Paradise Elementary School in Paradise, Pennsylvania is a K-6 facility in the Pequea Valley School District. In 2009, a new building was constructed adjacent to the old building. This new facility has features specifically added to try to limit resource consumption, such as auto-dimming lights and water fountains that use collected rainwater. [4] Recently however, there have been talks of a new building project that would increase the number of classrooms to accommodate the many new students in the area.

Salisbury Elementary School

Salisbury Elementary School is a K-6 facility in the Pequea Valley School District. It houses around 360 students. Attendance at Salisbury Elementary School in Gap, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 96.11%, essentially the same as the 96.04% scored in the prior year. Students were 81.8% proficient in math, 72.9% proficient in reading.[5]

Pequea Valley Intermediate School

The PV Intermediate school is a facility for 7-8 grade students. There is approximately 255 attending. Attendance at Pequea Valley Intermediate School in Kinzers, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 96.10%, essentially the same as the 95.54% scored in the prior year. Students were 71.1% proficient in math, 69.5% proficient in reading.[6]

Pequea Valley High School

Attendance at Pequea Valley High School in Kinzers, Pennsylvania during the 2005–2006 school year was 92.91%, somewhat higher than the 87.97% scored in the prior year. Students were 57.1% proficient in math, 73.4% proficient in reading.[7]

One to One Initiative

Partnership with Apple

Pequea Valley was a part of a deal with tech giant Apple, where Macbook laptops were given to each student in the high school. This program started in the 2011–2012 school year, and this "One to One" learning program is a way Pequea Valley carries out their goal of Mass-Customized Learning, or MCL.[8]

Expansion

Since the birth of the One to One program, there has been a great deal of expansion into the intermediate school, and even down into the elementary schools. This is a result of the growth the students have shown in academic performance as a result of the program. There are now laptops for each student in grades 5-12, and those "learners" (This is what PVSD calls its students, as they claim MCL isn't teaching. Because of this, the teachers are referred to as Learning Facilitators) in grades K-4 each have iPads. These are taken home each day by students to use for schoolwork or extracurricular activities. [8]

Sports

Pequea Valley High School's Varsity soccer team holds the 2012 State Championship title.

Comparison to other Lancaster County school districts

2016 SAT: average scores Lancaster County schools
School district	Reading	Math	Writing	Total
Cocalico	514	524	495	1534
Columbia Borough	460	448	427	1335
Conestoga Valley	515	511	479	1505
Donegal	515	508	492	1515
Eastern Lancaster County	526	524	493	1544
Elizabethtown Area	529	532	495	1556
Ephrata Area	525	526	496	1546
Hempfield	535	556	505	1595
Lampeter-Strasburg	524	533	511	1567
Lancaster	425	436	407	1268
Manheim Central	507	510	483	1501
Manheim Township	539	553	515	1608
Penn Manor	516	523	483	1521
Pequea Valley	531	526	492	1549
Solanco	509	512	471	1492
Warwick	537	539	507	1584
County average	513	516	484	1514
Pennsylvania average	481	485	458	1424
U.S. average	494	508	482	1484
Each test section is out of a score of 800 points.
Source: Public School SAT Scores, PA Department of Education
U.S. Average Source: 2016 SAT Report, CollegeBoard

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment 2016-2017 Average PSSA exam scores for Lancaster County schools
School district	Elementary Reading	Elementary Math	Elementary Science	Intermediate Math	Intermediate Reading	Intermediate Science
Cocalico	78%	53%	91%	74%	38%	62%
Columbia Borough	50%	35%	80%	41%	15%	29%
Conestoga Valley	72%	52%	81%	71%	46%	60%
Donegal	69%	51%	79%	60%	41%	66%
Eastern Lancaster County	67%	49%	87%	69%	49%	60%
Elizabethtown Area	72%	62%	86%	66%	48%	63%
Ephrata Area	73%	60%	85%	61%	46%	51%
Hempfield	76%	62%	88%	73%	48%	70%
Lampeter-Strasburg	82%	67%	86%	74%	56%	61%
Lancaster	55%	44%	70%	36%	16%	31%
Manheim Central	73%	57%	88%	63%	51%	72%
Manheim Township	83%	75%	91%	79%	57%	71%
Penn Manor	73%	65%	86%	68%	46%	64%
Pequea Valley	71%	57%	89%	57%	27%	50%
Solanco	57%	50%	86%	62%	35%	56%
Warwick	74%	44%	82%	73%	44%	71%
Source:

See also

• Official website

References

1. "Lancaster Online".
2. "Pequea valley 2016 "Report Card"" (PDF).
3. "Pequea Valley School District".
4. "About Paradise / About Paradise". www.pequeavalley.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
5. "Salisbury Elementary". Pennsylvania Department of Education.
6. "Pequea Valley Middle School". Pennsylvania Department of Education.
7. "Pequea Valley Senior High School". Pennsylvania Department of Education.
8. "One-to-World Learning Initiative / The "Why?"". www.pequeavalley.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.