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Benton Area School District

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Benton Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Benton Area School District has 96.34 square miles of land area and 0.82 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Benton Area School District population is 5,138. Benton Area School District median household income is $47,250 in 2010-2014. Benton Area School District median house value is $153,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Benton Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (342 out of 496, bottom 31%) Elementary/Middle School: (155 out of 498, top 31%)* Rank: #252
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	5,138 (2010-2014), rank #473
Population Growth	-2.10% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	52.88/sq mi, rank #446
Median Household Income:	$47,250 at 2010-2014—16.43% increase since 2005-2009, rank #321
Median House Price:	$153,000 at 2010-2014—24.90% increase since 2005-2009, rank #216
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	96.34 sq mi, rank #165
Water Area:	0.82 sq mi (0.85%), rank #181
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Columbia County
City:	Benton, Jamison City, Stillwater, Waller, Orangeville, Shickshinny, Jonestown
Zip:	17814, 17878, 17859, 18655
Area:	Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA

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Benton Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

600 Green Acres Rd

Benton PA, 17814, Columbia County

Phone: 570-925-6651

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	690	707	724	709	711	744	755
English Language Learner Students:	2	2	1	2	2	1	2
Total Teachers:	56.60	58.00	55.33	64.57	64.57	63.50	61.60
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	20.85	22.85	25.07	25.80	26.80	25.80	23.80
Secondary:	23.25	24.65	23.99	30.50	30.50	30.50	30.50
Ungraded:	9.50	7.50	4.27	5.27	4.27	4.20	4.30
Total Other Staff:	36.00	46.70	47.00	54.00	53.64	53.10	50.10
Instructional Aides:	15.00	13.00	13.00	14.00	14.50	12.50	11.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.64	0.60	0.60
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrators:	2.00	1.75	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	7.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Student Support Services:	NA	1.70	1.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	1.50
Other Support Services:	5.00	17.00	17.00	20.00	17.50	20.00	18.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.19	12.19	13.09	10.98	11.01	11.72	12.26

Schools

Appleman Elementary School		Kindergarten to Grade 6	525 Park St, Benton PA 17814
Benton Area Mshs		Grade 7 to Grade 12	400 Park St, Benton PA 17814

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.3%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	100%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.9%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	42.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	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:	$10,557,000	$14,581		$10,979,000	$15,485		$10,557,000	$14,848
Federal:	$426,000	$588	4.0%	$1,042,000	$1,470	9.5%	$928,000	$1,305	8.8%
State:	$5,099,000	$7,043	48.3%	$4,765,000	$6,721	43.4%	$4,711,000	$6,626	44.6%
Local:	$5,032,000	$6,950	47.7%	$5,172,000	$7,295	47.1%	$4,918,000	$6,917	46.6%
Total Expenditures:	$9,628,000	$13,298		$10,456,000	$14,748		$10,993,000	$15,461
Total Current Expenditures:	$8,379,000	$11,573		$9,098,000	$12,832		$8,666,000	$12,188
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,685,000	$6,471	55.9%	$5,515,000	$7,779	60.6%	$5,133,000	$7,219	59.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$481,000	$664	5.7%	$460,000	$649	5.1%	$411,000	$578	4.7%
Administration:	$1,337,000	$1,847	16.0%	$1,198,000	$1,690	13.2%	$1,130,000	$1,589	13.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,876,000	$2,591	22.4%	$1,925,000	$2,715	21.2%	$1,992,000	$2,802	23.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$29,000	$40		$172,000	$243		$1,017,000	$1,430
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$445,000	$626
Total Other:	$2,000	$3		$6,000	$8		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$540,000	$746		$544,000	$767		$579,000	$814

Total Salary:	$4,387,000	$6,059		$4,955,000	$6,989		$4,556,000	$6,408
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,070,000	$4,240	70.0%	$3,629,000	$5,118	73.2%	$3,305,000	$4,648	72.5%
Other Salary:	$1,317,000	$1,819	30.0%	$1,326,000	$1,870	26.8%	$1,251,000	$1,759	27.5%
Total Benefit:	$1,956,000	$2,702		$1,765,000	$2,489		$1,686,000	$2,371
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,288,000	$1,779	65.8%	$1,328,000	$1,873	75.2%	$1,128,000	$1,586	66.9%
Other Benefit:	$668,000	$923	34.2%	$437,000	$616	24.8%	$558,000	$785	33.1%

* Benton Area School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.