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Pottsville Area School District

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Pottsville Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Pottsville Area School District has 12.23 square miles of land area and 0.01 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pottsville Area School District population is 19,939. Pottsville Area School District median household income is $39,630 in 2010-2014. Pottsville Area School District median house value is $78,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Pottsville Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (319 out of 496, bottom 36%) Elementary/Middle School: (381 out of 498, bottom 23%)* Rank: #362
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	19,939 (2010-2014), rank #204
Population Growth	2.10% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,629.61/sq mi, rank #89
Median Household Income:	$39,630 at 2010-2014—8.18% increase since 2005-2009, rank #441
Median House Price:	$78,500 at 2010-2014—4.53% increase since 2005-2009, rank #454
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	12.23 sq mi, rank #429
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.07%), rank #454
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Schuylkill County
City:	Pottsville, Port Carbon, Palo Alto, Seltzer, Marlin, Mount Carbon, Mechanicsville
Zip:	17901, 17965, 17974, 17951
Area:	Pottsville, PA

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Pottsville Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1501 West Laurel Blvd

Pottsville PA, 17901, Schuylkill County

Phone: 570-621-2900

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,842	2,855	2,928	3,034	3,031	3,059	3,073
English Language Learner Students:	11	13	17	21	15	16	19
Total Teachers:	191.25	204.50	193.50	193.50	193.50	192.50	190.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	8.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Elementary:	81.50	81.00	79.50	79.50	77.50	76.50	77.50
Secondary:	96.75	108.50	98.00	98.00	99.00	101.00	98.00
Ungraded:	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	5.00	5.00
Total Other Staff:	218.00	236.50	234.50	234.50	171.50	164.50	151.50
Instructional Aides:	52.00	51.00	51.00	46.00	25.50	24.00	22.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	5.50	4.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	4.50	3.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	5.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	1.50	1.50	1.50
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	18.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
School Administrators:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	6.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	13.00	12.00	12.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
Student Support Services:	NA	9.00	8.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Other Support Services:	113.00	123.00	123.00	131.00	92.00	87.50	78.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.86	13.96	15.13	15.68	15.66	15.89	16.13

Schools

Clarke El Center	Kindergarten to Grade 4	601 North 16th St, Pottsville PA 17901
Lengel Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1541 Laurel Blvd, Pottsville PA 17901
Pottsville Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	16th St And Elk Ave, Pottsville PA 17901

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.3%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27.7%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.9%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.2%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.5%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.4%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77%	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:	$35,465,000	$12,112		$38,102,000	$12,558		$36,801,000	$12,142
Federal:	$1,970,000	$673	5.6%	$4,907,000	$1,617	12.9%	$3,796,000	$1,252	10.3%
State:	$17,190,000	$5,871	48.5%	$16,274,000	$5,364	42.7%	$16,307,000	$5,380	44.3%
Local:	$16,305,000	$5,569	46.0%	$16,921,000	$5,577	44.4%	$16,698,000	$5,509	45.4%
Total Expenditures:	$37,039,000	$12,650		$34,270,000	$11,295		$33,394,000	$11,017
Total Current Expenditures:	$31,804,000	$10,862		$30,061,000	$9,908		$29,514,000	$9,737
Instructional Expenditures:	$19,907,000	$6,799	62.6%	$18,369,000	$6,054	61.1%	$18,384,000	$6,065	62.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,482,000	$848	7.8%	$2,565,000	$845	8.5%	$2,139,000	$706	7.2%
Administration:	$2,710,000	$926	8.5%	$2,574,000	$848	8.6%	$2,655,000	$876	9.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,705,000	$2,290	21.1%	$6,553,000	$2,160	21.8%	$6,336,000	$2,090	21.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$434,000	$148		$1,093,000	$360		$342,000	$113
Construction:	$272,000	$93		$64,000	$21		$0	$0
Total Other:	$205,000	$70		$165,000	$54		$222,000	$73
Interest on Debt:	$274,000	$94		$307,000	$101		$331,000	$109

Total Salary:	$18,599,000	$6,352		$17,442,000	$5,749		$17,313,000	$5,712
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,227,000	$4,517	71.1%	$12,327,000	$4,063	70.7%	$12,321,000	$4,065	71.2%
Other Salary:	$5,372,000	$1,835	28.9%	$5,115,000	$1,686	29.3%	$4,992,000	$1,647	28.8%
Total Benefit:	$8,182,000	$2,794		$7,009,000	$2,310		$6,721,000	$2,217
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,521,000	$1,886	67.5%	$4,629,000	$1,526	66.0%	$4,575,000	$1,509	68.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,661,000	$909	32.5%	$2,380,000	$784	34.0%	$2,146,000	$708	31.9%

* Pottsville Area School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.