Cocalico School District
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The Cocalico School District is a school district
School district
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 of 3531 students educated in six schools by 209 teachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445. Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the...

 in the United States. It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13. The school district covers the Borough
Borough
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s of Denver
Denver, Pennsylvania
Denver is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,332 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Denver is located at ....

 and Adamstown
Adamstown, Pennsylvania
Adamstown is a borough in Berks and Lancaster counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 1,789 at the 2010 census. It was initially founded on 4 July 1761 by William Addams on the site of a former village of native Americans, and Addams named the community "Addamsburry"...

 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.

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.

Scholastic Performance

Attendance at Adamstown Elementary School in Adamstown, Pennsylvania
Adamstown, Pennsylvania
Adamstown is a borough in Berks and Lancaster counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 1,789 at the 2010 census. It was initially founded on 4 July 1761 by William Addams on the site of a former village of native Americans, and Addams named the community "Addamsburry"...

 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.

Attendance at Denver Elementary School in Denver, Pennsylvania
Denver, Pennsylvania
Denver is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,332 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Denver is located at ....

 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.

Attendance at Reamstown Elementary School in Reamstown, Pennsylvania
Reamstown, Pennsylvania
Reamstown is a census-designated place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,498 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

 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.

Attendance at Schoeneck Elementary School in Stevens, Pennsylvania
Stevens, Pennsylvania
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 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. The scores represented some of the highest in the state of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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.

Attendance at Cocalico Middle School in Denver, Pennsylvania
Denver, Pennsylvania
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 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.

Attendance at Cocalico Senior High School
Cocalico Senior High School
Cocalico Senior High School is a public secondary school in Denver, Pennsylvania, United States, whose enrollment consists of students in grades 9–12...

 in Denver, Pennsylvania
Denver, Pennsylvania
Denver is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,332 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Denver is located at ....

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.
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