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Bethel Park School District

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Bethel Park School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Bethel Park School District has 11.75 square miles of land area and has no water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Bethel Park School District population is 33,032. Bethel Park School District median household income is $70,168 in 2010-2014. Bethel Park School District median house value is $157,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Bethel Park School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (21 out of 496, top 4%) Elementary/Middle School: (32 out of 498, top 6%)* Rank: #22
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	33,032 (2010-2014), rank #94
Population Growth	2.61% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	2,811.50/sq mi, rank #53
Median Household Income:	$70,168 at 2010-2014—17.76% increase since 2005-2009, rank #70
Median House Price:	$157,900 at 2010-2014—10.19% increase since 2005-2009, rank #189
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	11.75 sq mi, rank #432
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00%), rank #477
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Allegheny County
City:	Castle Shannon, Bethel Park
Zip:	15234, 15102, 15236, 15129, 15241, 15228
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Bethel Park School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

301 Church Rd

Bethel Park PA, 15102, Allegheny County

Phone: 412-833-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,452	4,557	4,621	4,696	4,764	4,822	4,898
English Language Learner Students:	16	16	8	16	22	21	22
Total Teachers:	348.65	352.10	350.10	363.20	367.30	373.60	368.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.50	8.00
Elementary:	151.26	151.80	152.80	155.00	157.00	156.50	156.50
Secondary:	169.54	172.00	172.00	184.70	187.80	194.10	188.50
Ungraded:	20.85	21.30	18.30	16.50	15.50	15.50	15.00
Total Other Staff:	332.60	363.75	361.10	380.10	300.50	309.00	300.50
Instructional Aides:	107.00	103.00	103.00	108.00	92.00	89.50	86.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.40	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.50	9.00	8.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	9.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.50	7.00	6.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.50
District Administrators:	8.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	14.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	11.50	12.00	14.00
School Administrators:	12.10	12.10	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	15.00
School Administrative Support:	20.00	22.00	22.00	21.00	20.50	20.50	20.50
Student Support Services:	NA	15.25	13.50	15.50	14.00	12.00	12.00
Other Support Services:	154.00	174.00	174.60	184.60	125.00	138.50	129.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.77	12.94	13.20	12.93	12.97	12.91	13.31

Schools

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1524 Hamilton Rd, Pittsburgh PA 15234
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	5400 Florida Ave, Bethel Park PA 15102
Bethel Memorial Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	3301 South Park Rd, Bethel Park PA 15102
Bethel Park High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	309 Church Rd, Bethel Park PA 15102
George Washington Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	515 Clifton Rd, Bethel Park PA 15102
Independence Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	2807 Bethel Church Rd, Bethel Park PA 15102
Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	5800 Murray Ave, Bethel Park PA 15102
William Penn Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	110 Woodlet Ln, Bethel Park PA 15102

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66.9%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.7%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.5%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.6%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.1%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$72,037,000	$15,589		$72,010,000	$15,334		$70,578,000	$14,815
Federal:	$798,000	$173	1.1%	$2,339,000	$498	3.2%	$1,800,000	$378	2.6%
State:	$16,604,000	$3,593	23.0%	$15,325,000	$3,263	21.3%	$15,652,000	$3,285	22.2%
Local:	$54,635,000	$11,823	75.8%	$54,346,000	$11,573	75.5%	$53,126,000	$11,152	75.3%
Total Expenditures:	$89,755,000	$19,423		$105,748,000	$22,519		$85,331,000	$17,912
Total Current Expenditures:	$56,930,000	$12,320		$58,215,000	$12,397		$58,473,000	$12,274
Instructional Expenditures:	$36,566,000	$7,913	64.2%	$36,995,000	$7,878	63.5%	$38,894,000	$8,164	66.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,343,000	$723	5.9%	$3,488,000	$743	6.0%	$3,720,000	$781	6.4%
Administration:	$6,515,000	$1,410	11.4%	$7,123,000	$1,517	12.2%	$5,340,000	$1,121	9.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$10,506,000	$2,274	18.5%	$10,609,000	$2,259	18.2%	$10,519,000	$2,208	18.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$25,260,000	$5,466		$40,098,000	$8,539		$21,388,000	$4,490
Construction:	$23,367,000	$5,057		$39,113,000	$8,329		$20,161,000	$4,232
Total Other:	$148,000	$32		$132,000	$28		$121,000	$25
Interest on Debt:	$4,637,000	$1,003		$4,689,000	$999		$3,179,000	$667

Total Salary:	$34,038,000	$7,366		$35,334,000	$7,524		$36,957,000	$7,758
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$24,622,000	$5,328	72.3%	$25,482,000	$5,426	72.1%	$26,969,000	$5,661	73.0%
Other Salary:	$9,416,000	$2,038	27.7%	$9,852,000	$2,098	27.9%	$9,988,000	$2,097	27.0%
Total Benefit:	$15,107,000	$3,269		$14,440,000	$3,075		$12,542,000	$2,633
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$10,034,000	$2,171	66.4%	$9,420,000	$2,006	65.2%	$9,077,000	$1,905	72.4%
Other Benefit:	$5,073,000	$1,098	33.6%	$5,020,000	$1,069	34.8%	$3,465,000	$727	27.6%

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