Holland, Bucks County, Pa

Holland is a community in Northampton Township, Bucks County. It is located next to Newtown, Richboro, and Churchville. One of its communities is Village Shires, which has approximately 4,000 residents.

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History

Holland was, despite its proximity to Philadelphia, quite rural for much of its history. A building boom in the 1970s resulted in a significant increase in housing capacity, mainly in the form of large tract-housing developments (e.g. Hillcrestshire, located off of Buck Road). Since then, the town has seen additional growth, becoming a prototypical commuter bedroom community for suburban families. The area's proximity to both Philadelphia and the Trenton/Princeton, New Jersey area makes Holland a desirable location. Holland is located in the Council Rock School District, and is home to several of the district's schools: Council Rock High School South, Holland Middle School (formerly Holland Junior High), Holland Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, and Rolling Hills Elementary.

Education
Holland is in the Council Rock School District. The Council Rock School District is located in lower Bucks County, in southeastern Pennsylvania. Its administrative offices are located in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It spends over US$ 9,000 per secondary student per year (not including special education students). Due to the typically high income of the student's families in the area, the district tends to contain more affluent students.

The Council Rock School District covers 75 square miles and comprises five Bucks County municipalities:

Newtown Borough
Newtown Township
Northampton Township
Upper Makefield Township
Wrightstown Township

As of the 1990 census, the total population of the school district was approximately 60,000. The school district educates 12,000 students, K-12, and has approximately 956 teachers and supervisors, as well as clerical, custodial, maintenance and cafeteria employees who support the instructional program. The school district is by far the largest employer in the area. The school district operates fifteen schools total: ten elementary schools (grades K-6), three middle schools (grades 7-8), and two high school (grades 9-12). Council Rock is also one of four participating school districts in the Middle Bucks Area Vocational-Technical School located in Jamison, PA.

Council Rock had only one high school until the 2002-2003 academic year, when the high schools split into CR-North (the Indians) and CR-South (the Golden Hawks). Before 1969, the high school was located in the building now used for the Newtown Middle School.

Holland is also home to several private Catholic schools: Villa Joseph Marie High School, an
all-girls school, and St Bede Catholic School, affiliated with the church of the same name.

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