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Ephrata Area School District

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Ephrata Area School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Ephrata Area School District has 42.83 square miles of land area and 1.03 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ephrata Area School District population is 33,831. Ephrata Area School District median household income is $54,569 in 2010-2014. Ephrata Area School District median house value is $171,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Ephrata Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (128 out of 496, top 26%) Elementary/Middle School: (218 out of 498, top 44%)* Rank: #169
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	33,831 (2010-2014), rank #87
Population Growth	4.47% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	771.24/sq mi, rank #151
Median Household Income:	$54,569 at 2010-2014—3.62% increase since 2005-2009, rank #205
Median House Price:	$171,200 at 2010-2014—2.82% increase since 2005-2009, rank #154
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	42.83 sq mi, rank #301
Water Area:	1.03 sq mi (2.35%), rank #153
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lancaster County
City:	Akron, Ephrata, Lititz, Stevens, Denver, Newmanstown, Hopeland, Clay
Zip:	17501, 17522, 17543, 17578, 17517, 17073
Area:	Lancaster, PA

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Ephrata Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

803 Oak Blvd

Ephrata PA, 17522, Lancaster County

Phone: 717-721-1513

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,203	4,202	4,148	4,127	4,062	4,079	3,996
English Language Learner Students:	104	110	116	109	95	116	115
Total Teachers:	246.10	242.75	246.24	250.30	255.30	256.10	261.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	8.00	8.50	8.50	8.00	9.00	11.00	11.00
Elementary:	113.98	112.75	113.40	114.45	116.35	113.60	112.90
Secondary:	105.17	103.70	110.54	113.20	118.30	119.40	126.30
Ungraded:	18.95	17.80	13.80	14.65	11.65	12.10	10.80
Total Other Staff:	237.20	239.04	243.18	249.06	208.32	204.20	201.90
Instructional Aides:	64.00	59.00	59.00	56.00	33.50	30.50	31.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	3.05	4.21	3.65	3.00	2.60	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.35	8.85	9.85	9.85	10.00	10.00	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.50	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.85	4.85	5.85	5.85	6.00	6.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.85	4.85	7.85	7.85	8.00	8.00	7.70
Library/Media Support:	7.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.50	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	4.40	4.00
District Administrative Support:	11.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	11.00	11.00
School Administrators:	11.00	12.00	13.00	13.80	12.60	13.50	15.00
School Administrative Support:	18.00	20.00	20.00	21.00	22.00	22.00	22.00
Student Support Services:	NA	13.29	11.27	9.91	8.22	11.20	8.70
Other Support Services:	108.00	96.00	96.00	105.00	87.50	86.00	84.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.08	17.31	16.85	16.49	15.91	15.93	15.31

Schools

Akron Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	125 South 11th St, Akron PA 17501
Clay Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	250 Clay School Rd, Ephrata PA 17522
Ephrata Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	957 Hammon Ave, Ephrata PA 17522
Ephrata Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	803 Oak Blvd, Ephrata PA 17522
Fulton Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	51 East Fulton St, Ephrata PA 17522
Highland Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	99 Highland Ave, Ephrata PA 17522

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.3%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.2%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.5%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	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:	$56,949,000	$13,729		$57,591,000	$13,955		$56,735,000	$13,967
Federal:	$1,574,000	$379	2.8%	$3,339,000	$809	5.8%	$2,692,000	$663	4.7%
State:	$15,215,000	$3,668	26.7%	$14,442,000	$3,499	25.1%	$14,755,000	$3,632	26.0%
Local:	$40,160,000	$9,682	70.5%	$39,810,000	$9,646	69.1%	$39,288,000	$9,672	69.2%
Total Expenditures:	$52,610,000	$12,683		$52,335,000	$12,681		$48,954,000	$12,052
Total Current Expenditures:	$43,189,000	$10,412		$41,985,000	$10,173		$40,923,000	$10,075
Instructional Expenditures:	$25,992,000	$6,266	60.2%	$25,072,000	$6,075	59.7%	$23,936,000	$5,893	58.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,882,000	$936	9.0%	$3,841,000	$931	9.1%	$4,109,000	$1,012	10.0%
Administration:	$4,601,000	$1,109	10.7%	$4,524,000	$1,096	10.8%	$4,147,000	$1,021	10.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,714,000	$2,101	20.2%	$8,548,000	$2,071	20.4%	$8,731,000	$2,149	21.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,515,000	$606		$3,888,000	$942		$1,332,000	$328
Construction:	$1,614,000	$389		$2,335,000	$566		$261,000	$64
Total Other:	$119,000	$29		$143,000	$35		$103,000	$25
Interest on Debt:	$2,338,000	$564		$2,475,000	$600		$2,604,000	$641

Total Salary:	$24,160,000	$5,824		$24,340,000	$5,898		$23,809,000	$5,861
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$16,677,000	$4,020	69.0%	$16,670,000	$4,039	68.5%	$16,255,000	$4,002	68.3%
Other Salary:	$7,483,000	$1,804	31.0%	$7,670,000	$1,858	31.5%	$7,554,000	$1,860	31.7%
Total Benefit:	$9,650,000	$2,326		$8,707,000	$2,110		$8,521,000	$2,098
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,541,000	$1,577	67.8%	$5,904,000	$1,431	67.8%	$5,511,000	$1,357	64.7%
Other Benefit:	$3,109,000	$750	32.2%	$2,803,000	$679	32.2%	$3,010,000	$741	35.3%

* Ephrata 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.