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Blue River Valley Schools

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Blue River Valley Schools is located close to the center of Indiana. Blue River Valley Schools has 61.59 square miles of land area and 1.06 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Blue River Valley Schools population is 6,888. Blue River Valley Schools median household income is $55,111 in 2010-2014. Blue River Valley Schools median house value is $111,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Blue River Valley Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (99 out of 289, top 34%) Elementary/Middle School: (135 out of 289, top 47%)* Rank: #114
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	6,888 (2010-2014), rank #225
Population Growth	22.89% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	109.95/sq mi, rank #140
Median Household Income:	$55,111 at 2010-2014—17.91% increase since 2005-2009, rank #77
Median House Price:	$111,300 at 2010-2014—6.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #151
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	61.59 sq mi, rank #207
Water Area:	1.06 sq mi (1.70%), rank #102
State:	Indiana
County:	Henry County
City:	New Castle, Springport, Muncie, Mooreland, Mount Summit, Hagerstown
Zip:	47362, 47386, 47302, 47360, 47361, 47346
Area:	New Castle, IN

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Blue River Valley Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

303 South Walnut St

Mount Summit IN, 47361, Henry County

Phone: 765-836-4816

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	608	647	688	720	732	742	806
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	50.50	43.50	52.78	49.00	50.00	51.00	51.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	2.07	0.00	3.32	2.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
Elementary:	20.93	18.00	36.24	21.00	20.00	20.00	22.00
Secondary:	26.50	25.50	13.22	26.00	27.00	28.00	27.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	45.50	39.50	44.00	29.00	51.00	48.00	53.00
Instructional Aides:	5.00	6.50	0.00	NA	8.00	9.00	7.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	2.00	1.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00
School Administrators:	3.00	1.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Student Support Services:	6.00	7.00	9.00	NA	3.00	1.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	20.50	15.00	18.00	15.00	24.00	21.00	24.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.04	14.87	13.04	14.69	14.64	14.55	15.80

Schools

Blue River Valley Elementary School		Kindergarten to Grade 6	4713 North Hillsboro Rd, New Castle IN 47362
Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	4741 North Hillsboro Rd, New Castle IN 47362

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ECA Test
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	51%	61%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	59.7%	72.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	31.7%	N/A
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	21%	37%
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	46%	46.9%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	25.4%	N/A
2010	English 10	End of course	% met std	67%	63%
2011	English 10	End of course	% met std	79.7%	71.9%
2012	English 10	End of course	% met std	80.4%	N/A
ISTEP+ Test
2005	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	72%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	68%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	74%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	66%	68%
2009	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	78%	67%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	74%	64%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77%	64%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	71%	65%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	59%	66%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73%	65%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	75%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	75%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	73%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	76%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	85%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	72%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	73%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	73%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	70%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	72%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	76%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.2%	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.9%	79%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	73%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	66%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83%	73%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77%	77%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	82%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	73%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	74%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60%	75%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	70%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	75%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	79%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	71%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	78%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78%	72%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78%	73%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85%	71%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88%	71%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	78%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	72%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	76%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	81%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	86%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	62%	60%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	81%	64%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	67%
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	74%	70%
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	81%	71%
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	73%	71%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	79%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	51%	69%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	71%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	90.6%	76%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	78%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93%	73%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	74%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	80%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89%	80%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	72%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	76%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.3%	80%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	82%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	41%	54%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	52%	58%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	62%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	64%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	66%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	72%	70%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	67%	67%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	60%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	77%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	75%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90%	73%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86%	76%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	69%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74%	73%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	75%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	78%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	55%	57%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	45%	64%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	68%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	87%	71%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	72%	65%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	79%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	64%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69%	69%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	66%	65%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	72%	69%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	72%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	70%	73%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	71%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	72%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	72%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71%	71%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	74%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58%	66%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	72%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	77%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	80%
2005	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	66%	66%
2006	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	74%	67%
2007	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	75%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	61%	66%
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	79%	71%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	77%	67%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	66%	70%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,824,000	$11,372		$7,707,000	$10,704		$9,494,000	$12,970
Federal:	$490,000	$712	6.3%	$384,000	$533	5.0%	$732,000	$1,000	7.7%
State:	$5,165,000	$7,507	66.0%	$5,159,000	$7,165	66.9%	$5,242,000	$7,161	55.2%
Local:	$2,169,000	$3,153	27.7%	$2,164,000	$3,006	28.1%	$3,520,000	$4,809	37.1%
Total Expenditures:	$7,530,000	$10,945		$7,297,000	$10,135		$7,751,000	$10,589
Total Current Expenditures:	$6,514,000	$9,468		$6,241,000	$8,668		$6,750,000	$9,221
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,829,000	$5,565	58.8%	$3,754,000	$5,214	60.2%	$4,049,000	$5,531	60.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$422,000	$613	6.5%	$404,000	$561	6.5%	$418,000	$571	6.2%
Administration:	$904,000	$1,314	13.9%	$778,000	$1,081	12.5%	$959,000	$1,310	14.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,359,000	$1,975	20.9%	$1,305,000	$1,813	20.9%	$1,324,000	$1,809	19.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$590,000	$858		$547,000	$760		$487,000	$665
Construction:	$359,000	$522		$378,000	$525		$152,000	$208
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$1,000	$1
Interest on Debt:	$339,000	$493		$437,000	$607		$451,000	$616

Total Salary:	$3,805,000	$5,531		$3,817,000	$5,301		$4,100,000	$5,601
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,571,000	$3,737	67.6%	$2,614,000	$3,631	68.5%	$2,823,000	$3,857	68.9%
Other Salary:	$1,234,000	$1,794	32.4%	$1,203,000	$1,671	31.5%	$1,277,000	$1,745	31.1%
Total Benefit:	$1,814,000	$2,637		$1,647,000	$2,288		$1,727,000	$2,359
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,203,000	$1,749	66.3%	$1,091,000	$1,515	66.2%	$1,157,000	$1,581	67.0%
Other Benefit:	$611,000	$888	33.7%	$556,000	$772	33.8%	$570,000	$779	33.0%

* Blue River Valley Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.