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Central Columbia School District

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Central Columbia School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Central Columbia School District has 76.67 square miles of land area and 2.00 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Central Columbia School District population is 15,000. Central Columbia School District median household income is $55,586 in 2010-2014. Central Columbia School District median house value is $150,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Central Columbia School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (78 out of 496, top 16%) Elementary/Middle School: (270 out of 498, bottom 46%)* Rank: #170
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	15,000 (2010-2014), rank #273
Population Growth	-1.13% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	190.68/sq mi, rank #305
Median Household Income:	$55,586 at 2010-2014—3.85% increase since 2005-2009, rank #192
Median House Price:	$150,700 at 2010-2014—17.37% increase since 2005-2009, rank #219
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	76.67 sq mi, rank #204
Water Area:	2.00 sq mi (2.54%), rank #67
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Columbia County
City:	Bloomsburg, Lime Ridge, Almedia, Light Street, Espy, Orangeville, Millville, Berwick, Nescopeck, Mifflinville
Zip:	17815, 17859, 17846, 18603, 18635, 18631
Area:	Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA

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Central Columbia School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

4777 Old Berwick Rd

Bloomsburg PA, 17815, Columbia County

Phone: 570-784-2850

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,832	1,841	1,922	1,953	1,986	2,037	2,124
English Language Learner Students:	4	2	5	6	6	10	5
Total Teachers:	132.50	134.00	134.50	138.00	140.00	143.50	139.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	6.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary:	47.50	47.50	51.00	52.00	54.50	57.50	58.50
Secondary:	65.00	65.50	67.50	69.00	68.50	69.00	64.00
Ungraded:	15.00	15.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
Total Other Staff:	121.00	120.00	118.00	126.00	116.25	109.20	111.80
Instructional Aides:	36.00	31.00	31.00	38.00	36.50	34.00	34.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	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:	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
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:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	NA
District Administrative Support:	7.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	6.50	6.50	6.50
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	3.00	5.00	6.00	7.00	5.50
School Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Student Support Services:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.25	1.20	2.30
Other Support Services:	54.00	55.00	55.00	54.00	45.00	39.50	43.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.83	13.74	14.29	14.15	14.19	14.20	15.23

Schools

Central Columbia Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	4777 Old Berwick Rd, Bloomsburg PA 17815
Central Columbia Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	4777 Old Berwick Rd, Bloomsburg PA 17815
Central Columbia Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	4777 Old Berwick Rd, Bloomsburg PA 17815

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.3%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.9%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.9%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.4%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.3%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.9%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.1%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	99.3%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	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:	$25,375,000	$13,202		$25,998,000	$13,312		$25,362,000	$12,770
Federal:	$661,000	$344	2.6%	$1,814,000	$929	7.0%	$1,504,000	$757	5.9%
State:	$9,858,000	$5,129	38.8%	$9,322,000	$4,773	35.9%	$9,554,000	$4,811	37.7%
Local:	$14,856,000	$7,729	58.5%	$14,862,000	$7,610	57.2%	$14,304,000	$7,202	56.4%
Total Expenditures:	$23,416,000	$12,183		$22,627,000	$11,586		$22,486,000	$11,322
Total Current Expenditures:	$20,418,000	$10,623		$19,826,000	$10,152		$19,790,000	$9,965
Instructional Expenditures:	$12,233,000	$6,365	59.9%	$11,795,000	$6,039	59.5%	$11,980,000	$6,032	60.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,519,000	$1,311	12.3%	$2,387,000	$1,222	12.0%	$2,333,000	$1,175	11.8%
Administration:	$1,806,000	$940	8.8%	$1,694,000	$867	8.5%	$1,647,000	$829	8.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,860,000	$2,008	18.9%	$3,950,000	$2,023	19.9%	$3,830,000	$1,928	19.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$177,000	$92		$213,000	$109		$135,000	$68
Construction:	$67,000	$35		$3,000	$2		$0	$0
Total Other:	$10,000	$5		$28,000	$14		$37,000	$19
Interest on Debt:	$781,000	$406		$822,000	$421		$852,000	$429

Total Salary:	$11,749,000	$6,113		$11,907,000	$6,097		$11,966,000	$6,025
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,484,000	$4,414	72.2%	$8,542,000	$4,374	71.7%	$8,672,000	$4,367	72.5%
Other Salary:	$3,265,000	$1,699	27.8%	$3,365,000	$1,723	28.3%	$3,294,000	$1,659	27.5%
Total Benefit:	$4,081,000	$2,123		$3,478,000	$1,781		$3,286,000	$1,655
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,665,000	$1,387	65.3%	$2,192,000	$1,122	63.0%	$2,116,000	$1,065	64.4%
Other Benefit:	$1,416,000	$737	34.7%	$1,286,000	$658	37.0%	$1,170,000	$589	35.6%

* Central Columbia 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.