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Berwick Area School District

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Berwick Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Berwick Area School District has 88.84 square miles of land area and 2.27 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Berwick Area School District population is 22,494. Berwick Area School District median household income is $43,230 in 2010-2014. Berwick Area School District median house value is $115,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Berwick Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (395 out of 496, bottom 20%) Elementary/Middle School: (300 out of 498, bottom 40%)* Rank: #361
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	22,494 (2010-2014), rank #174
Population Growth	3.99% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	246.90/sq mi, rank #282
Median Household Income:	$43,230 at 2010-2014—19.15% increase since 2005-2009, rank #393
Median House Price:	$115,100 at 2010-2014—17.21% increase since 2005-2009, rank #326
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	88.84 sq mi, rank #180
Water Area:	2.27 sq mi (2.49%), rank #58
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Luzerne County, Columbia County
City:	Berwick, Shickshinny, East Berwick, Nescopeck, Wapwallopen, Foundryville, Briar Creek
Zip:	18603, 18655, 18635, 18660
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA;Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA

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Berwick Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

500 Line St

Berwick PA, 18603, Columbia County

Phone: 570-759-6400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,972	3,049	3,062	3,014	3,084	3,128	3,176
English Language Learner Students:	59	59	50	40	43	53	55
Total Teachers:	219.00	221.00	222.00	230.75	236.75	252.20	238.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.25	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	14.00	14.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	12.00
Elementary:	91.47	91.00	91.00	91.50	93.75	99.20	99.00
Secondary:	89.53	95.00	99.00	104.00	107.00	116.00	113.00
Ungraded:	23.00	21.00	19.00	21.00	22.00	23.00	13.00
Total Other Staff:	237.00	248.00	246.00	264.00	208.00	221.00	243.50
Instructional Aides:	91.00	91.00	91.00	102.00	69.00	86.00	101.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
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	5.00	5.00	5.00	2.50	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	3.00	3.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	13.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	12.00	15.00	14.00
School Administrators:	8.00	8.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	8.00	10.00
School Administrative Support:	13.00	13.00	13.00	14.00	13.00	13.00	13.50
Student Support Services:	NA	5.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	93.00	98.00	98.00	103.00	84.50	79.00	81.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.57	13.80	13.79	13.06	13.03	12.40	13.34

Schools

Berwick Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1100 Fowler Ave, Berwick PA 18603
Berwick Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1100 Evergreen Dr, Berwick PA 18603
Fourteenth Street Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1401 North Market St, Berwick PA 18603
Nescopeck Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	315 Dewey St, Nescopeck PA 18635
Orange Street Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	845 Orange St, Berwick PA 18603
Salem Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	810 East Tenth St, Berwick PA 18603

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.6%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.2%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.8%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	51.5%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$42,309,000	$13,817		$44,722,000	$14,838		$44,244,000	$14,346
Federal:	$2,212,000	$722	5.2%	$5,055,000	$1,677	11.3%	$3,985,000	$1,292	9.0%
State:	$20,085,000	$6,559	47.5%	$19,235,000	$6,382	43.0%	$19,841,000	$6,434	44.8%
Local:	$20,012,000	$6,536	47.3%	$20,432,000	$6,779	45.7%	$20,418,000	$6,621	46.1%
Total Expenditures:	$37,841,000	$12,358		$38,036,000	$12,620		$39,166,000	$12,700
Total Current Expenditures:	$33,098,000	$10,809		$32,863,000	$10,903		$34,320,000	$11,128
Instructional Expenditures:	$22,338,000	$7,295	67.5%	$21,984,000	$7,294	66.9%	$23,206,000	$7,525	67.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,419,000	$790	7.3%	$2,555,000	$848	7.8%	$2,288,000	$742	6.7%
Administration:	$2,550,000	$833	7.7%	$2,682,000	$890	8.2%	$3,171,000	$1,028	9.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,791,000	$1,891	17.5%	$5,642,000	$1,872	17.2%	$5,655,000	$1,834	16.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,218,000	$398		$1,744,000	$579		$934,000	$303
Construction:	$1,041,000	$340		$1,607,000	$533		$816,000	$265
Total Other:	$130,000	$42		$122,000	$40		$139,000	$45
Interest on Debt:	$746,000	$244		$1,057,000	$351		$1,258,000	$408

Total Salary:	$19,772,000	$6,457		$19,575,000	$6,495		$19,919,000	$6,459
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$15,145,000	$4,946	76.6%	$14,947,000	$4,959	76.4%	$15,319,000	$4,967	76.9%
Other Salary:	$4,627,000	$1,511	23.4%	$4,628,000	$1,536	23.6%	$4,600,000	$1,492	23.1%
Total Benefit:	$8,059,000	$2,632		$7,249,000	$2,405		$7,742,000	$2,510
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,148,000	$2,008	76.3%	$5,515,000	$1,830	76.1%	$6,032,000	$1,956	77.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,911,000	$624	23.7%	$1,734,000	$575	23.9%	$1,710,000	$554	22.1%

* Berwick Area 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.