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Blackhawk School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Blackhawk School District has 70.61 square miles of land area and 0.17 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Blackhawk School District population is 18,030. Blackhawk School District median household income is $53,690 in 2010-2014. Blackhawk School District median house value is $138,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Blackhawk School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (134 out of 496, top 27%) Elementary/Middle School: (69 out of 498, top 14%)* Rank: #96
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	18,030 (2010-2014), rank #234
Population Growth	3.73% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	254.70/sq mi, rank #278
Median Household Income:	$53,690 at 2010-2014—4.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #217
Median House Price:	$138,700 at 2010-2014—5.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #256
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	70.61 sq mi, rank #227
Water Area:	0.17 sq mi (0.24%), rank #361
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lawrence County, Beaver County
City:	Enon Valley, West Mayfield, Beaver Falls, Darlington, Patterson Heights, New Brighton, Ellwood City, New Galilee, Beaver
Zip:	16120, 15010, 16115, 15066, 16117, 16141, 15009
Area:	New Castle, PA;Pittsburgh, PA

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Blackhawk School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

500 Blackhawk Rd

Beaver Falls PA, 15010, Beaver County

Phone: 724-846-6600

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,528	2,492	2,459	2,535	2,557	2,613	2,688
English Language Learner Students:	3	6	5	5	3	3	0
Total Teachers:	157.30	156.00	164.00	173.00	197.00	169.00	174.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	8.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Elementary:	69.80	67.00	75.50	84.00	94.00	79.00	83.00
Secondary:	76.50	78.00	82.00	87.00	100.00	88.00	89.00
Ungraded:	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
Total Other Staff:	144.70	144.00	146.00	145.00	128.00	122.50	120.00
Instructional Aides:	30.00	25.00	25.00	24.00	25.00	23.00	19.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	2.00	0.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	4.00	5.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	6.70	5.00	4.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	78.00	81.00	81.00	82.00	61.00	59.50	61.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.07	15.97	14.99	14.65	12.98	15.46	15.45

Schools

Blackhawk High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	500 Blackhawk Rd, Beaver Falls PA 15010
Blackhawk Intermediate School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	635 Shenango Rd, Beaver Falls PA 15010
Highland Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	402 Shenango Rd, Beaver Falls PA 15010
Northwestern Primary School	Kindergarten to Grade 2	256 Elmwood Blvd, Darlington PA 16115
Patterson Primary School	Kindergarten to Grade 2	701 Darlington Rd, Beaver Falls PA 15010

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.3%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.9%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.6%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	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:	$31,550,000	$12,830		$31,419,000	$12,394		$30,727,000	$12,017
Federal:	$897,000	$365	2.8%	$2,787,000	$1,099	8.9%	$2,182,000	$853	7.1%
State:	$14,180,000	$5,767	44.9%	$12,980,000	$5,120	41.3%	$13,447,000	$5,259	43.8%
Local:	$16,473,000	$6,699	52.2%	$15,652,000	$6,174	49.8%	$15,098,000	$5,905	49.1%
Total Expenditures:	$45,942,000	$18,683		$36,129,000	$14,252		$30,858,000	$12,068
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,926,000	$10,950		$27,770,000	$10,955		$27,310,000	$10,680
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,550,000	$6,730	61.5%	$17,439,000	$6,879	62.8%	$17,022,000	$6,657	62.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,029,000	$825	7.5%	$1,685,000	$665	6.1%	$1,766,000	$691	6.5%
Administration:	$2,072,000	$843	7.7%	$2,050,000	$809	7.4%	$2,088,000	$817	7.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,275,000	$2,552	23.3%	$6,596,000	$2,602	23.8%	$6,434,000	$2,516	23.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$15,814,000	$6,431		$5,982,000	$2,360		$1,267,000	$496
Construction:	$15,484,000	$6,297		$5,497,000	$2,168		$531,000	$208
Total Other:	$16,000	$7		$15,000	$6		$11,000	$4
Interest on Debt:	$1,049,000	$427		$665,000	$262		$659,000	$258

Total Salary:	$14,903,000	$6,061		$15,636,000	$6,168		$15,444,000	$6,040
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,588,000	$4,306	71.0%	$11,453,000	$4,518	73.2%	$11,268,000	$4,407	73.0%
Other Salary:	$4,315,000	$1,755	29.0%	$4,183,000	$1,650	26.8%	$4,176,000	$1,633	27.0%
Total Benefit:	$6,205,000	$2,523		$6,239,000	$2,461		$5,821,000	$2,276
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,511,000	$1,834	72.7%	$4,764,000	$1,879	76.4%	$4,313,000	$1,687	74.1%
Other Benefit:	$1,694,000	$689	27.3%	$1,475,000	$582	23.6%	$1,508,000	$590	25.9%

* Blackhawk School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.