page_title: Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania / Education
caption_attribution_description: Map of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States Public School Districts
context_page_description: Eldred Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,665 at the 2000 census.
context_section_description: Residents of Eldred Township may attend the local, public schools operated by Pleasant Valley School District which provides half day kindergarten through 12th grade. The Pleasant Valley School District's enrollment declined to 5,435 students in kindergarten through 12th grade by 2013. In 2010, Pleasant Valley School District enrollment was 5,885 pupils. Pleasant Valley School District operates Pleasant Valley High School (9th-12th), Pleasant Valley Middle School (7th-8th), Pleasant Valley Intermediate School (4th-6th), and Pleasant Valley Elementary School (K-3rd). In 2013, Pleasant Valley School District’s graduation rate was 85.7%. In 2012, Pleasant Valley School District declined to ‘’Warning’’ Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status due to lagging student achievement in both reading and mathematics at the high school, the middle school and the elementary school. Pleasant Valley High School declined to Corrective Action Level II 4th year AYP status, due to a low graduation rate and lagging student achievement. The School missed every metric measured for student achievement in both reading and mathematics.
  In 2014, the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked Pleasant Valley School District 285th out of 496 public schools for academic achievement of its pupils.
  High school aged students can attend the taxpayer funded Monroe Career & Tech Institute  for training in the building trades and other areas. The School is located at 194 Laurel Lake Road, Bartonsville. Monroe Career & Tech Institute is funded by a consortium of the public school districts, which includes: Pleasant Valley School District, Stroudsburg Area School District, East Stroudsburg Area School District and Pocono Mountain School District.
  Eldred Township residents may also apply to attend any of the Commonwealth's 14 public cyber charter schools (2013) at no additional cost to the parents. The resident’s public school district is required to pay the charter school tuition or the cyber charter school tuition for residents who attend these public schools. By Commonwealth law, if the District provides transportation for its own students, then the District must provide transportation to any school that lies within 10 miles of its borders. Residents may also seek admission for their school aged child to any other public school district. When accepted for admission, the student's parents are responsible for paying an annual tuition fee set by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. For example, Stroudsburg Area School District's high school tuition rate was $12,655.36 in 2013 and Pocono Mountain School District was $13,988.42.
  Colonial Intermediate Unit #20 provides a wide variety of services to children living in its region which includes Eldred Township. Early screening, special education services, speech and hearing therapy, autistic support, preschool classes and many other services like driver education are available. Services for children during the preschool years are provided without cost to their families when the child is determined to meet eligibility requirements. Intermediate units receive taxpayer funding: through subsidies paid by member school districts; through direct charges to users for some services; through the successful application for state and federal competitive grants and through private grants.
  East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania is a public university located in neighboring East Stroudsburg. It is one of the 14 state universities that make up the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). Eleventh and twelfth grade students may attend the University at a significant tuition discount through its Dual Enrollment program earning college credits while still earning their high school diploma. Additionally, Pennsylvania residents who are at least 60 years of age and retired may enroll as non-matriculating students tuition free.
  Community members also have access to the Eastern Monroe County Public Library  which is located on 1002 North 9th Street in Stroudsburg. Through it Pennsylvania residents have access to all POWER Lib
caption: Map of Monroe County, Pennsylvania School Districts
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