Pioneer Valley Regional School District
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Pioneer Valley Regional School District is a four town town regional school district in eastern and central Franklin County
, Massachusetts. Grade K-6 elementary schools are located in each town, and the single middle/high school for the entire district (Grades 7-12), Pioneer Valley Regional School
, is located in Northfield
, Massachusetts
. The district was initially formed by the four member towns in 1957 to serve grades 7-12, and became a fully regionalized district K-12 district in 1991. Its administrative offices are housed in Pioneer Valley Regional School at 97 F. Sumner Turner Road, Northfield, Massachusetts.
The schools are:
The District is governed by a 12-member School Committee, with three members elected from each of the four district towns.
Franklin County, Massachusetts
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 71,535 people, 29,466 households, and 18,416 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 31,939 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...
, Massachusetts. Grade K-6 elementary schools are located in each town, and the single middle/high school for the entire district (Grades 7-12), Pioneer Valley Regional School
Pioneer Valley Regional School
Pioneer Valley Regional School is a regional comprehensive secondary school .The faculty consists of 56 individuals creating a student-teacher ratio of 11.25 to 1. The total enrollment of the school in September, 2008, was 530 students. There were 67 members in the graduating class of 2009...
, is located in Northfield
Northfield, Massachusetts
Northfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,951 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. The district was initially formed by the four member towns in 1957 to serve grades 7-12, and became a fully regionalized district K-12 district in 1991. Its administrative offices are housed in Pioneer Valley Regional School at 97 F. Sumner Turner Road, Northfield, Massachusetts.
The schools are:
- Leyden: Pearl Rhodes Elementary School (K-6)
- Bernardston: Bernardston Elementary School (K-6)
- Northfield: Northfield Elementary School (K-6) and Pioneer Valley Regional School (7-12, district-wide)
- Warwick: Warwick Community School (K-6)
The District is governed by a 12-member School Committee, with three members elected from each of the four district towns.