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Alpha Borough School District

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Alpha Borough School District is located in northwest New Jersey. Alpha Borough School District has 1.67 square miles of land area and 0.03 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Alpha Borough School District population is 2,320. Alpha Borough School District median household income is $60,577 in 2010-2014. Alpha Borough School District median house value is $188,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Alpha Borough School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(328 out of 515, bottom 36%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	1
Population	2,320 (2010-2014), rank #503
Population Growth	-9.94% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,366.60/sq mi, rank #322
Median Household Income:	$60,577 at 2010-2014—-2.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #449
Median House Price:	$188,300 at 2010-2014—-5.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #506
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	1.67 sq mi, rank #452
Water Area:	0.03 sq mi (1.54%), rank #458
State:	New Jersey
County:	Warren County
City:	Alpha
Zip:	08865
Area:	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

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Alpha Borough School District Map and Nearby Locations

817 North Blvd

Phillipsburg NJ, 08865, Warren County

Phone: 908-454-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	242	257	273	357	265	254	266
English Language Learner Students:	3	3	1	1	1	4	NA
Total Teachers:	25.10	25.39	25.60	26.70	28.00	27.70	27.00
Prekindergarten:	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary:	12.60	12.60	12.60	14.70	16.00	15.00	3.00
Secondary:	3.50	3.49	3.50	3.00	3.00	4.20	4.00
Ungraded:	7.50	7.80	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.50	NA
Total Other Staff:	15.99	16.93	15.90	13.40	17.00	12.50	15.20
Instructional Aides:	4.40	4.60	5.50	4.00	6.00	6.10	12.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.80	0.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.40
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.50	NA	NA	NA	1.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	1.25	1.23	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrative Support:	1.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	1.24	2.10	2.40	1.40	3.00	3.60	0.80
Other Support Services:	5.10	4.50	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	9.64	10.12	10.66	13.37	9.46	9.17	9.85

Schools

Alpha Borough School

Prekindergarten to Grade 8

817 North Blvd, Phillipsburg NJ 08865

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	82.8%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	92.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	88%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.3%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	72.2%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	64.5%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	63.4%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	69.5%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	68.2%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.9%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	86.2%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	92.6%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	96%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.3%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.6%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	74.2%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	73.4%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	75.0%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	72.7%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	58.3%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	86.1%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	84%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	87.1%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	79.3%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	82.6%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	82.4%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	61.7%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	71.0%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	75.0%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	41.9%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	56.5%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	75.0%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	84%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	80.7%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	86.2%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	95.7%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	66.7%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	83.9%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	75.1%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	74.2%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	73.9%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	96.8%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	86.2%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	87.0%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	85.3%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	97.0%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	93.5%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	93.8%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	96.8%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	100.0%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	84.6%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	54.2%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	63.6%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	61.8%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	71.9%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	68.9%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	62.5%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	88.5%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	75.0%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	81.8%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	73.5%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	71.9%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	70.0%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	90.7%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	96.7%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	56.5%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	59.1%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	77.1%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	71.0%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	71.4%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	86.7%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	78.2%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	68.1%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	74.2%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	63.2%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	85.7%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	82.8%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	83.3%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	75.0%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	69.6%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	68.5%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	63.2%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	64.7%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	72.4%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	83.3%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	75.0%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	78.3%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	68.4%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	55.3%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	58.8%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	77.8%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	96.7%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	91.3%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	87.5%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	83.4%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	86.1%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	70.4%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	83.3%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	60.9%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	79.2%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	69.4%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	63.8%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	85.2%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.7%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	86.9%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	87.5%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.5%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	83.4%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	87.5%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	82.4%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	83.9%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	69.2%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.3%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	68.6%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	83.9%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	65.4%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	64.7%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	70.8%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	86.3%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	87.1%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	84.6%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	88.2%	78.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$5,322,000	$19,495		$5,057,000	$14,165		$5,131,000	$19,362
Federal:	$248,000	$908	4.7%	$220,000	$616	4.4%	$492,000	$1,857	9.6%
State:	$2,124,000	$7,780	39.9%	$1,971,000	$5,521	39.0%	$1,800,000	$6,792	35.1%
Local:	$2,950,000	$10,806	55.4%	$2,866,000	$8,028	56.7%	$2,839,000	$10,713	55.3%
Total Expenditures:	$5,203,000	$19,059		$4,959,000	$13,891		$5,477,000	$20,668
Total Current Expenditures:	$4,127,000	$15,117		$4,233,000	$11,857		$4,431,000	$16,721
Instructional Expenditures:	$2,529,000	$9,264	61.3%	$2,635,000	$7,381	62.2%	$2,720,000	$10,264	61.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$535,000	$1,960	13.0%	$537,000	$1,504	12.7%	$690,000	$2,604	15.6%
Administration:	$425,000	$1,557	10.3%	$409,000	$1,146	9.7%	$400,000	$1,509	9.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$638,000	$2,337	15.5%	$652,000	$1,826	15.4%	$621,000	$2,343	14.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$11,000	$40		$4,000	$11		$379,000	$1,430
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$370,000	$1,396
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$2,319,000	$8,495		$2,447,000	$6,854		$2,566,000	$9,683
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,668,000	$6,110	71.9%	$1,769,000	$4,955	72.3%	$1,803,000	$6,804	70.3%
Other Salary:	$651,000	$2,385	28.1%	$678,000	$1,899	27.7%	$763,000	$2,879	29.7%
Total Benefit:	$1,041,000	$3,813		$1,033,000	$2,894		$994,000	$3,751
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$711,000	$2,604	68.3%	$692,000	$1,938	67.0%	$650,000	$2,453	65.4%
Other Benefit:	$330,000	$1,209	31.7%	$341,000	$955	33.0%	$344,000	$1,298	34.6%

* Alpha Borough School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.