Starpoint Central District is a public schooling system consisting of elementary, intermediate, middle, and high school institutions. The district also offers Universal Pre-Kindergarten through funding from the
New York State Education Department
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is the department of the New York state government responsible for the supervision for all public schools in New York and all standardized testing, as well as the production and administration o ...
. It is located in
Pendleton, New York
Pendleton is a town on the southern edge of Niagara County, New York, United States. It is east of the city of Niagara Falls and southwest of the city of Lockport. The population was 6,397 at the 2010 census.
History
The town of Pendleton wa ...
. The district mascot is the
Spartan, and the school colors are garnet and gray, and red. Boys hockey. Girls include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.
In 2017 Starpoint CSD was ranked 6th out of 98 school districts according to Business First. They also received a Five Star Science Award for exceptional performance in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies across grades K-12 in 2013.
The district includes sections of the following
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
: almost all of
Pendleton Pendleton may refer to:
Places
;United Kingdom
*Pendleton, Lancashire, England
*Pendleton, Greater Manchester, England
;United States
*Pendleton, Indiana
* Pendleton, Missouri
*Pendleton, New York
*Pendleton, Oregon
*Pendleton, South Carolina
*Pe ...
, most of
Cambria, and sections of
Lockport and
Wheatfield. It includes the following
census-designated places
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
: all of
Rapids
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Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascade''. ...
, most of
Sanborn, and a portion of
South Lockport.
Schools
* Starpoint High School (Built in 2003)
* Starpoint Middle School
* Douglas J. Regan Intermediate School
* Fricano Primary School (Built in 1965)
Notable alumni
*
Tom McCollum
Thomas McCollum (born December 7, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for HC TWK Innsbruck of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). McCollum was drafted 30th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2008 NHL Entry Dr ...
, a professional ice hockey player in the
National Hockey League (NHL)
*
Timothy McVeigh, main perpetrator of the
Oklahoma City bombing
References
External links
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School districts in New York (state)
Education in Niagara County, New York