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Mercer Area School District

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Mercer Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Mercer Area School District has 87.20 square miles of land area and 1.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Mercer Area School District population is 10,584. Mercer Area School District median household income is $49,901 in 2010-2014. Mercer Area School District median house value is $130,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Mercer Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (189 out of 496, top 38%) Elementary/Middle School: (132 out of 498, top 27%)* Rank: #155
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	10,584 (2010-2014), rank #352
Population Growth	0.19% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	119.80/sq mi, rank #360
Median Household Income:	$49,901 at 2010-2014—9.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #263
Median House Price:	$130,100 at 2010-2014—16.58% increase since 2005-2009, rank #280
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	87.20 sq mi, rank #183
Water Area:	1.14 sq mi (1.30%), rank #139
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Mercer County
City:	Mercer, Sharpsville, Hermitage, Grove City, Jackson Center, New Wilmington, Fredonia, Lake Latonka
Zip:	16137, 16150, 16148, 16127, 16133, 16142, 16124
Area:	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA

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Mercer Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

545 West Butler St

Mercer PA, 16137, Mercer County

Phone: 724-662-5100

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,241	1,292	1,303	1,314	1,360	1,368	1,385
English Language Learner Students:	1	0	0	1	1	1	2
Total Teachers:	82.13	83.36	88.13	94.36	95.83	73.80	80.90
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	4.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	2.40	2.60
Elementary:	42.06	41.39	44.65	46.59	47.63	37.10	40.50
Secondary:	31.15	31.63	33.28	36.66	37.92	30.70	33.90
Ungraded:	4.92	5.34	5.20	5.11	4.28	3.60	3.90
Total Other Staff:	66.37	72.59	72.36	65.26	62.14	106.70	103.40
Instructional Aides:	24.00	19.00	19.00	24.00	21.00	19.00	18.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	1.14	1.14	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.43	2.29	2.00	3.00	3.00	2.50	2.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.43	0.29	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.80	0.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.70	1.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.60	1.70
Library/Media Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	3.44	3.44	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	2.50	2.50	3.50	3.14	3.14	4.00	4.10
School Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Student Support Services:	NA	1.50	1.00	1.12	1.00	20.10	18.10
Other Support Services:	19.00	28.00	28.00	16.00	16.00	43.50	43.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.11	15.50	14.79	13.93	14.19	18.54	17.12

Schools

Mercer Area Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	301 Lamor Rd, Mercer PA 16137
Mercer Area Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	545 West Butler St, Mercer PA 16137
Mercer Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	545 West Butler St, Mercer PA 16137

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.4%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.1%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.9%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.2%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.2%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,850,000	$12,164		$16,903,000	$12,864		$16,690,000	$12,272
Federal:	$649,000	$498	4.1%	$1,888,000	$1,437	11.2%	$1,797,000	$1,321	10.8%
State:	$8,013,000	$6,150	50.6%	$7,748,000	$5,896	45.8%	$7,912,000	$5,818	47.4%
Local:	$7,188,000	$5,517	45.4%	$7,267,000	$5,530	43.0%	$6,981,000	$5,133	41.8%
Total Expenditures:	$15,118,000	$11,602		$16,102,000	$12,254		$17,740,000	$13,044
Total Current Expenditures:	$13,129,000	$10,076		$13,433,000	$10,223		$13,674,000	$10,054
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,935,000	$6,090	60.4%	$8,290,000	$6,309	61.7%	$8,606,000	$6,328	62.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$924,000	$709	7.0%	$975,000	$742	7.3%	$1,059,000	$779	7.7%
Administration:	$1,539,000	$1,181	11.7%	$1,411,000	$1,074	10.5%	$1,350,000	$993	9.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,731,000	$2,096	20.8%	$2,757,000	$2,098	20.5%	$2,659,000	$1,955	19.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$120,000	$92		$547,000	$416		$2,061,000	$1,515
Construction:	$119,000	$91		$378,000	$288		$1,997,000	$1,468
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$831,000	$638		$1,063,000	$809		$1,082,000	$796

Total Salary:	$7,405,000	$5,683		$7,715,000	$5,871		$7,700,000	$5,662
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,359,000	$4,113	72.4%	$5,692,000	$4,332	73.8%	$5,701,000	$4,192	74.0%
Other Salary:	$2,046,000	$1,570	27.6%	$2,023,000	$1,540	26.2%	$1,999,000	$1,470	26.0%
Total Benefit:	$2,875,000	$2,206		$2,733,000	$2,080		$2,675,000	$1,967
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,056,000	$1,578	71.5%	$1,966,000	$1,496	71.9%	$1,944,000	$1,429	72.7%
Other Benefit:	$819,000	$629	28.5%	$767,000	$584	28.1%	$731,000	$538	27.3%

* Mercer Area School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.