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Pittston Area School District

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Pittston Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Pittston Area School District has 38.63 square miles of land area and 0.66 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pittston Area School District population is 27,834. Pittston Area School District median household income is $44,750 in 2010-2014. Pittston Area School District median house value is $114,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Pittston Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (141 out of 496, top 28%) Elementary/Middle School: (246 out of 498, top 49%)* Rank: #190
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	27,834 (2010-2014), rank #121
Population Growth	0.64% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	708.50/sq mi, rank #160
Median Household Income:	$44,750 at 2010-2014—4.58% increase since 2005-2009, rank #359
Median House Price:	$114,100 at 2010-2014—17.75% increase since 2005-2009, rank #329
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	38.63 sq mi, rank #316
Water Area:	0.66 sq mi (1.67%), rank #213
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Luzerne County
City:	Yatesville, Pittston, Browntown, Wilkes Barre, Inkerman, Hughestown, Duryea, Dupont, Avoca
Zip:	18640, 18702, 18641, 18642
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Pittston Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

5 Stout St

Pittston PA, 18640, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-655-2415

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,345	3,282	3,294	3,364	3,370	3,402	3,521
English Language Learner Students:	19	10	10	14	7	5	11
Total Teachers:	188.75	180.50	186.00	191.36	210.50	165.00	190.00
Prekindergarten:	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	8.80	8.00	10.00
Elementary:	82.70	76.40	81.86	83.59	96.20	65.00	77.00
Secondary:	80.00	77.10	81.14	84.77	83.50	71.00	84.50
Ungraded:	15.05	17.00	13.00	13.00	22.00	21.00	18.50
Total Other Staff:	189.00	215.00	218.00	220.00	187.75	176.50	169.10
Instructional Aides:	40.00	38.00	38.00	38.00	40.00	40.50	36.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	3.00	5.30
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	1.00	2.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.75	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	NA	3.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	3.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	11.00	11.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	11.00	22.00	22.00	21.00	20.50	20.50	18.50
Student Support Services:	NA	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.80
Other Support Services:	116.00	128.00	128.00	130.00	91.50	85.50	88.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.72	18.18	17.71	17.58	16.01	20.62	18.53

Schools

Ben Franklin Kdg Center	Kindergarten to Kindergarten	611 Walnut St, Pittston PA 18641
Pittston Area Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	120 New St, Pittston PA 18640
Pittston Area Pri Center	Prekindergarten to Grade 1	210 Rock St, Pittston PA 18640
Pittston Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	5 Stout St Yatesville, Pittston PA 18640
Pittston City Intrmd Center	Grade 2 to Grade 4	110 New St, Pittston PA 18640

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.9%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.7%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	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:	$41,248,000	$12,522		$42,312,000	$12,578		$41,031,000	$12,175
Federal:	$2,572,000	$781	6.2%	$4,629,000	$1,376	10.9%	$3,982,000	$1,182	9.7%
State:	$15,755,000	$4,783	38.2%	$14,988,000	$4,455	35.4%	$14,819,000	$4,397	36.1%
Local:	$22,921,000	$6,958	55.6%	$22,695,000	$6,746	53.6%	$22,230,000	$6,596	54.2%
Total Expenditures:	$40,185,000	$12,199		$39,988,000	$11,887		$38,867,000	$11,533
Total Current Expenditures:	$35,652,000	$10,823		$34,574,000	$10,278		$33,117,000	$9,827
Instructional Expenditures:	$22,548,000	$6,845	63.2%	$21,474,000	$6,383	62.1%	$20,473,000	$6,075	61.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,367,000	$719	6.6%	$2,355,000	$700	6.8%	$2,258,000	$670	6.8%
Administration:	$3,152,000	$957	8.8%	$2,989,000	$889	8.6%	$2,876,000	$853	8.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,585,000	$2,303	21.3%	$7,756,000	$2,306	22.4%	$7,510,000	$2,228	22.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$205,000	$62		$319,000	$95		$795,000	$236
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$227,000	$67
Total Other:	$29,000	$9		$20,000	$6		$13,000	$4
Interest on Debt:	$1,137,000	$345		$1,687,000	$501		$1,809,000	$537

Total Salary:	$18,561,000	$5,635		$18,614,000	$5,533		$18,186,000	$5,396
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,120,000	$3,983	70.7%	$13,261,000	$3,942	71.2%	$12,989,000	$3,854	71.4%
Other Salary:	$5,441,000	$1,652	29.3%	$5,353,000	$1,591	28.8%	$5,197,000	$1,542	28.6%
Total Benefit:	$10,556,000	$3,205		$8,948,000	$2,660		$8,057,000	$2,391
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$8,174,000	$2,481	77.4%	$6,745,000	$2,005	75.4%	$6,128,000	$1,818	76.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,382,000	$723	22.6%	$2,203,000	$655	24.6%	$1,929,000	$572	23.9%

* Pittston Area School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.