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Bloomsburg Area School District

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Bloomsburg Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Bloomsburg Area School District has 82.74 square miles of land area and 1.89 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Bloomsburg Area School District population is 20,629. Bloomsburg Area School District median household income is $39,688 in 2010-2014. Bloomsburg Area School District median house value is $144,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Bloomsburg Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (174 out of 496, top 35%) Elementary/Middle School: (200 out of 498, top 40%)* Rank: #184
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	20,629 (2010-2014), rank #198
Population Growth	10.75% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	243.75/sq mi, rank #283
Median Household Income:	$39,688 at 2010-2014—9.55% increase since 2005-2009, rank #440
Median House Price:	$144,200 at 2010-2014—21.79% increase since 2005-2009, rank #240
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	82.74 sq mi, rank #194
Water Area:	1.89 sq mi (2.23%), rank #78
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Columbia County
City:	Bloomsburg, Danville, Rupert, Catawissa, Mainville, Fernville, Buckhorn, Zion Grove
Zip:	17815, 17821, 17820, 17985
Area:	Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA

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Bloomsburg Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

728 East 5th St

Bloomsburg PA, 17815, Columbia County

Phone: 570-784-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,604	1,629	1,619	1,645	1,687	1,682	1,646
English Language Learner Students:	26	23	21	12	17	20	20
Total Teachers:	126.50	127.00	126.50	132.00	134.23	139.20	136.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	10.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	7.00
Elementary:	45.24	45.74	46.74	47.40	48.23	49.80	46.00
Secondary:	53.26	53.26	53.26	55.60	57.50	62.40	67.00
Ungraded:	18.00	19.00	18.50	20.00	19.50	19.00	16.00
Total Other Staff:	111.90	127.40	127.40	129.90	124.00	122.50	121.50
Instructional Aides:	26.00	33.00	33.00	44.00	45.00	40.50	40.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.90	2.90	2.90	2.90	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	2.00	1.00	1.00	4.00	4.50	4.50	5.50
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.50	3.50
District Administrative Support:	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	55.00	59.50	59.50	48.00	40.50	44.50	45.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.68	12.83	12.80	12.46	12.57	12.08	12.10

Schools

Beaver-Main Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	245 Beaver Valley Rd, Bloomsburg PA 17815
Bloomsburg Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1200 Railroad St, Bloomsburg PA 17815
Bloomsburg Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1100 Railroad St, Bloomsburg PA 17815
Memorial Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	500 Market St, Bloomsburg PA 17815
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	59 Perry Ave, Bloomsburg PA 17815

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.7%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.7%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.1%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.9%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.9%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	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:	$23,851,000	$14,732		$23,294,000	$14,160		$22,858,000	$13,549
Federal:	$1,163,000	$718	4.9%	$2,024,000	$1,230	8.7%	$1,663,000	$986	7.3%
State:	$8,600,000	$5,312	36.1%	$8,213,000	$4,993	35.3%	$8,371,000	$4,962	36.6%
Local:	$14,088,000	$8,702	59.1%	$13,057,000	$7,937	56.1%	$12,824,000	$7,602	56.1%
Total Expenditures:	$20,827,000	$12,864		$21,470,000	$13,052		$19,954,000	$11,828
Total Current Expenditures:	$16,576,000	$10,238		$17,273,000	$10,500		$17,009,000	$10,082
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,339,000	$6,386	62.4%	$10,895,000	$6,623	63.1%	$10,642,000	$6,308	62.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,167,000	$721	7.0%	$1,344,000	$817	7.8%	$1,308,000	$775	7.7%
Administration:	$1,668,000	$1,030	10.1%	$1,638,000	$996	9.5%	$1,710,000	$1,014	10.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,402,000	$2,101	20.5%	$3,396,000	$2,064	19.7%	$3,349,000	$1,985	19.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,157,000	$1,332		$1,670,000	$1,015		$419,000	$248
Construction:	$1,875,000	$1,158		$1,390,000	$845		$16,000	$9
Total Other:	$2,000	$1		$3,000	$2		$11,000	$7
Interest on Debt:	$589,000	$364		$793,000	$482		$862,000	$511

Total Salary:	$9,419,000	$5,818		$10,243,000	$6,227		$10,080,000	$5,975
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,904,000	$4,264	73.3%	$7,636,000	$4,642	74.5%	$7,499,000	$4,445	74.4%
Other Salary:	$2,515,000	$1,553	26.7%	$2,607,000	$1,585	25.5%	$2,581,000	$1,530	25.6%
Total Benefit:	$3,676,000	$2,271		$3,444,000	$2,094		$3,302,000	$1,957
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,600,000	$1,606	70.7%	$2,415,000	$1,468	70.1%	$2,299,000	$1,363	69.6%
Other Benefit:	$1,076,000	$665	29.3%	$1,029,000	$626	29.9%	$1,003,000	$595	30.4%

* Bloomsburg Area School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.