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Elk Lake School District

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Elk Lake School District is located in northeast Pennsylvania. Elk Lake School District has 193.46 square miles of land area and 1.56 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Elk Lake School District population is 7,826. Elk Lake School District median household income is $56,000 in 2010-2014. Elk Lake School District median house value is $158,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Elk Lake School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (400 out of 496, bottom 19%) Elementary/Middle School: (273 out of 498, bottom 45%)* Rank: #345
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	7,826 (2010-2014), rank #411
Population Growth	5.76% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	40.13/sq mi, rank #468
Median Household Income:	$56,000 at 2010-2014—39.38% increase since 2005-2009, rank #185
Median House Price:	$158,100 at 2010-2014—29.48% increase since 2005-2009, rank #188
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	193.46 sq mi, rank #59
Water Area:	1.56 sq mi (0.80%), rank #96
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Wyoming County, Susquehanna County
City:	Meshoppen, Laceyville, Springville, Nicholson, Factoryville, Hop Bottom, Lawton, Montrose, Friendsville, Little Meadows, Kingsley, Dimock
Zip:	18630, 18623, 18844, 18446, 18419, 18824, 18828, 18801, 18818, 18830, 18826, 18816
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Elk Lake School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2380 Elk Lake School Rd

Dimock PA, 18816, Susquehanna County

Phone: 570-278-1106

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,255	1,268	1,271	1,369	1,381	1,395	1,428
English Language Learner Students:	9	11	11	13	17	17	19
Total Teachers:	94.00	99.00	106.00	106.50	104.50	102.30	107.30
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00
Elementary:	39.25	41.25	46.00	46.00	45.00	44.50	43.50
Secondary:	45.09	46.09	48.34	48.84	48.59	46.90	54.80
Ungraded:	4.66	5.66	5.66	5.66	4.91	4.90	4.00
Total Other Staff:	62.50	85.50	85.50	86.00	80.50	75.00	76.70
Instructional Aides:	18.00	25.00	25.00	24.00	24.00	20.00	20.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	1.50	2.00	2.00	2.50	2.00	2.50	2.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00	9.00	10.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrators:	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.50	3.70
School Administrative Support:	7.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	5.00	10.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	NA	4.50	4.50	6.50	4.00	4.50	5.00
Other Support Services:	22.00	30.00	30.00	27.00	25.50	25.50	25.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.35	12.81	11.99	12.85	13.22	13.64	13.31

Schools

Elk Lake Elementary School		Kindergarten to Grade 6	2182 Elk Lake School Rd, Dimock PA 18816
Elk Lake Jshs		Grade 7 to Grade 12	2210 Elk Lake School Rd, Springville PA 18844

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.6%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.9%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.9%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.9%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.1%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$17,925,000	$14,103		$19,926,000	$14,555		$18,921,000	$13,701
Federal:	$977,000	$769	5.5%	$2,566,000	$1,874	12.9%	$1,975,000	$1,430	10.4%
State:	$9,817,000	$7,724	54.8%	$9,367,000	$6,842	47.0%	$9,739,000	$7,052	51.5%
Local:	$7,131,000	$5,611	39.8%	$7,993,000	$5,839	40.1%	$7,207,000	$5,219	38.1%
Total Expenditures:	$24,040,000	$18,914		$20,060,000	$14,653		$17,146,000	$12,416
Total Current Expenditures:	$16,750,000	$13,179		$16,766,000	$12,247		$15,850,000	$11,477
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,421,000	$8,199	62.2%	$10,511,000	$7,678	62.7%	$9,779,000	$7,081	61.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,150,000	$905	6.9%	$1,113,000	$813	6.6%	$1,065,000	$771	6.7%
Administration:	$1,467,000	$1,154	8.8%	$1,436,000	$1,049	8.6%	$1,242,000	$899	7.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,712,000	$2,921	22.2%	$3,706,000	$2,707	22.1%	$3,764,000	$2,726	23.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$5,502,000	$4,329		$2,153,000	$1,573		$244,000	$177
Construction:	$5,417,000	$4,262		$1,482,000	$1,083		$0	$0
Total Other:	$16,000	$13		$24,000	$18		$20,000	$14
Interest on Debt:	$362,000	$285		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$9,519,000	$7,489		$9,409,000	$6,873		$8,696,000	$6,297
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,141,000	$5,618	75.0%	$7,144,000	$5,218	75.9%	$6,634,000	$4,804	76.3%
Other Salary:	$2,378,000	$1,871	25.0%	$2,265,000	$1,654	24.1%	$2,062,000	$1,493	23.7%
Total Benefit:	$3,765,000	$2,962		$3,472,000	$2,536		$3,248,000	$2,352
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,686,000	$2,113	71.3%	$2,482,000	$1,813	71.5%	$2,361,000	$1,710	72.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,079,000	$849	28.7%	$990,000	$723	28.5%	$887,000	$642	27.3%

* Elk Lake School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.