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Apollo-Ridge School District

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Apollo-Ridge School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Apollo-Ridge School District has 76.30 square miles of land area and 0.53 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Apollo-Ridge School District population is 9,439. Apollo-Ridge School District median household income is $45,765 in 2010-2014. Apollo-Ridge School District median house value is $94,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Apollo-Ridge School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (237 out of 496, top 48%) Elementary/Middle School: (412 out of 498, bottom 17%)* Rank: #331
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	9,439 (2010-2014), rank #370
Population Growth	-0.93% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	122.86/sq mi, rank #356
Median Household Income:	$45,765 at 2010-2014—21.52% increase since 2005-2009, rank #341
Median House Price:	$94,300 at 2010-2014—18.47% increase since 2005-2009, rank #388
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	76.30 sq mi, rank #205
Water Area:	0.53 sq mi (0.69%), rank #243
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Indiana County, Armstrong County
City:	Saltsburg, Clarksburg, Shelocta, West Lebanon, Avonmore, Kent, Homer City, Jacksonville CDP, North Apollo, Spring Church, Vandergrift, Orchard Hills
Zip:	15681, 15725, 15774, 15783, 15618, 15752, 15748, 15727, 15756, 15673, 15613, 15686, 15690
Area:	Indiana, PA;Pittsburgh, PA

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Apollo-Ridge School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1825 State Route 56

Spring Church PA, 15686, Armstrong County

Phone: 724-478-6010

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,283	1,294	1,327	1,397	1,481	1,493	1,497
English Language Learner Students:	1	2	1	4	2	1	1
Total Teachers:	86.50	90.00	95.00	104.75	102.89	97.00	109.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary:	33.90	36.35	39.90	39.45	39.13	36.00	42.50
Secondary:	38.45	38.95	41.20	50.30	49.81	49.50	51.00
Ungraded:	9.15	9.70	8.90	10.00	8.95	6.50	11.00
Total Other Staff:	83.50	93.50	94.00	103.25	94.13	70.50	85.00
Instructional Aides:	16.00	14.00	14.00	18.00	18.00	15.00	15.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.50	3.50	4.00	4.00	4.00	1.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.50	2.50	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.00	2.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	3.50	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	0.00	3.50
District Administrative Support:	9.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	7.00
School Administrators:	2.50	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.38	2.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Student Support Services:	NA	8.50	8.50	8.25	9.25	0.00	4.00
Other Support Services:	41.00	45.00	45.00	48.00	34.00	34.50	34.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.83	14.38	13.97	13.34	14.39	15.39	13.67

Schools

Apollo-Ridge Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1831 State Route 56, Spring Church PA 15686
Apollo-Ridge High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1825 State Route 56, Spring Church PA 15686
Apollo-Ridge Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1829 State Route 56, Spring Church PA 15686

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.3%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.3%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.9%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.9%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.5%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$20,609,000	$15,531		$21,455,000	$15,358		$21,341,000	$14,410
Federal:	$1,044,000	$787	5.1%	$2,895,000	$2,072	13.5%	$2,161,000	$1,459	10.1%
State:	$12,069,000	$9,095	58.6%	$10,831,000	$7,753	50.5%	$11,382,000	$7,685	53.3%
Local:	$7,496,000	$5,649	36.4%	$7,729,000	$5,533	36.0%	$7,798,000	$5,265	36.5%
Total Expenditures:	$18,468,000	$13,917		$22,044,000	$15,780		$20,234,000	$13,662
Total Current Expenditures:	$15,541,000	$11,711		$16,453,000	$11,777		$15,939,000	$10,762
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,759,000	$7,354	62.8%	$10,352,000	$7,410	62.9%	$9,919,000	$6,698	62.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,216,000	$916	7.8%	$1,406,000	$1,006	8.5%	$1,451,000	$980	9.1%
Administration:	$1,472,000	$1,109	9.5%	$1,564,000	$1,120	9.5%	$1,482,000	$1,001	9.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,094,000	$2,332	19.9%	$3,131,000	$2,241	19.0%	$3,087,000	$2,084	19.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$157,000	$118		$2,707,000	$1,938		$1,674,000	$1,130
Construction:	$22,000	$17		$2,505,000	$1,793		$1,428,000	$964
Total Other:	$3,000	$2		$5,000	$4		$9,000	$6
Interest on Debt:	$643,000	$485		$569,000	$407		$652,000	$440

Total Salary:	$8,816,000	$6,644		$9,276,000	$6,640		$9,009,000	$6,083
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,355,000	$4,789	72.1%	$6,682,000	$4,783	72.0%	$6,461,000	$4,363	71.7%
Other Salary:	$2,461,000	$1,855	27.9%	$2,594,000	$1,857	28.0%	$2,548,000	$1,720	28.3%
Total Benefit:	$3,898,000	$2,937		$3,936,000	$2,817		$3,678,000	$2,483
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,906,000	$2,190	74.6%	$2,905,000	$2,079	73.8%	$2,681,000	$1,810	72.9%
Other Benefit:	$992,000	$748	25.4%	$1,031,000	$738	26.2%	$997,000	$673	27.1%

* Apollo-Ridge 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.