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Derry Area School District

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Derry Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Derry Area School District has 96.71 square miles of land area and 1.21 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Derry Area School District population is 17,663. Derry Area School District median household income is $43,887 in 2010-2014. Derry Area School District median house value is $113,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Derry Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (160 out of 496, top 32%) Elementary/Middle School: (174 out of 498, top 35%)* Rank: #161
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	17,663 (2010-2014), rank #238
Population Growth	1.75% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	180.37/sq mi, rank #310
Median Household Income:	$43,887 at 2010-2014—12.35% increase since 2005-2009, rank #378
Median House Price:	$113,900 at 2010-2014—16.34% increase since 2005-2009, rank #331
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	96.71 sq mi, rank #162
Water Area:	1.21 sq mi (1.24%), rank #124
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Westmoreland County
City:	New Alexandria, Blairsville, Derry, Torrance, New Derry, Latrobe, Bradenville, Ligonier, Millwood, Loyalhanna
Zip:	15670, 15717, 15627, 15779, 15671, 15650, 15620, 15658, 15661
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Derry Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

982 North Chestnut St Ext

Derry PA, 15627, Westmoreland County

Phone: 724-694-1401

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,162	2,190	2,195	2,245	2,334	2,507	2,524
English Language Learner Students:	9	4	2	1	1	2	3
Total Teachers:	140.40	147.75	154.59	160.67	164.94	95.20	133.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	8.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	5.60	7.60
Elementary:	55.49	56.73	59.09	64.30	68.15	42.40	58.20
Secondary:	67.91	74.02	79.50	80.37	79.79	42.80	61.60
Ungraded:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	4.40	5.60
Total Other Staff:	176.32	178.47	179.49	215.33	162.06	221.90	191.00
Instructional Aides:	27.00	25.00	25.00	30.00	26.00	23.00	26.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.35	0.30	0.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.33	2.33	2.33	2.33	2.33	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.67	2.67	2.67	2.67	2.67	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.57	2.63	2.47	2.63	2.63	1.50	2.50
Library/Media Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	4.25	4.67	4.00	4.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
School Administrators:	9.75	8.75	8.50	8.70	7.50	8.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	NA	3.09	3.77	3.33	4.58	74.10	38.10
Other Support Services:	104.00	105.50	105.50	136.00	89.00	83.00	86.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.40	14.82	14.20	13.97	14.15	26.33	18.98

Schools

Derry Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	994 North Chestnut St Ext, Derry PA 15627
Derry Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	988 North Chestnut St Ext, Derry PA 15627
Grandview Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	188 Recreation Rd, Derry PA 15627

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.6%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.3%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.9%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.2%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.9%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96.8%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.9%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.1%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	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:	$30,823,000	$14,042		$31,872,000	$14,197		$31,738,000	$13,598
Federal:	$1,955,000	$891	6.3%	$3,676,000	$1,637	11.5%	$3,674,000	$1,574	11.6%
State:	$16,940,000	$7,718	55.0%	$16,105,000	$7,174	50.5%	$15,941,000	$6,830	50.2%
Local:	$11,928,000	$5,434	38.7%	$12,091,000	$5,386	37.9%	$12,123,000	$5,194	38.2%
Total Expenditures:	$31,688,000	$14,436		$29,792,000	$13,270		$33,202,000	$14,225
Total Current Expenditures:	$24,423,000	$11,127		$25,834,000	$11,507		$25,667,000	$10,997
Instructional Expenditures:	$14,808,000	$6,746	60.6%	$15,612,000	$6,954	60.4%	$15,679,000	$6,718	61.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,555,000	$708	6.4%	$1,759,000	$784	6.8%	$1,667,000	$714	6.5%
Administration:	$2,434,000	$1,109	10.0%	$2,530,000	$1,127	9.8%	$2,426,000	$1,039	9.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,626,000	$2,563	23.0%	$5,933,000	$2,643	23.0%	$5,895,000	$2,526	23.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,786,000	$1,725		$242,000	$108		$4,367,000	$1,871
Construction:	$3,700,000	$1,686		$45,000	$20		$3,973,000	$1,702
Total Other:	$25,000	$11		$41,000	$18		$74,000	$32
Interest on Debt:	$1,192,000	$543		$1,485,000	$661		$1,329,000	$569

Total Salary:	$14,114,000	$6,430		$14,756,000	$6,573		$14,826,000	$6,352
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,683,000	$4,411	68.6%	$10,075,000	$4,488	68.3%	$10,291,000	$4,409	69.4%
Other Salary:	$4,431,000	$2,019	31.4%	$4,681,000	$2,085	31.7%	$4,535,000	$1,943	30.6%
Total Benefit:	$5,622,000	$2,561		$5,689,000	$2,534		$5,413,000	$2,319
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,997,000	$1,821	71.1%	$4,069,000	$1,812	71.5%	$3,831,000	$1,641	70.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,625,000	$740	28.9%	$1,620,000	$722	28.5%	$1,582,000	$678	29.2%

* Derry Area 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.