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Forest City Regional School District

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Forest City Regional School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Forest City Regional School District has 95.13 square miles of land area and 1.47 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Forest City Regional School District population is 6,174. Forest City Regional School District median household income is $49,743 in 2010-2014. Forest City Regional School District median house value is $139,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Forest City Regional School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (405 out of 496, bottom 18%) Elementary/Middle School: (285 out of 498, bottom 43%)* Rank: #358
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	6,174 (2010-2014), rank #450
Population Growth	16.93% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	63.91/sq mi, rank #420
Median Household Income:	$49,743 at 2010-2014—19.60% increase since 2005-2009, rank #267
Median House Price:	$139,400 at 2010-2014—11.43% increase since 2005-2009, rank #252
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	95.13 sq mi, rank #171
Water Area:	1.47 sq mi (1.52%), rank #100
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Wayne County, Susquehanna County, Lackawanna County
City:	Forest City, Honesdale, Waymart, Pleasant Mount, Union Dale, Lakewood, Herrick Center, Thompson, Vandling
Zip:	18421, 18431, 18472, 18453, 18470, 18439, 18430, 18465
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Forest City Regional School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

100 Susquehanna St

Forest City PA, 18421, Susquehanna County

Phone: 570-785-2400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	800	798	835	853	896	898	900
English Language Learner Students:	1	1	3	5	4	4	0
Total Teachers:	66.00	68.00	68.00	70.27	71.00	72.90	70.00
Prekindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Kindergarten:	4.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary:	24.37	25.65	28.58	29.63	30.63	31.50	30.10
Secondary:	28.97	30.71	27.71	27.72	27.66	27.80	26.80
Ungraded:	5.66	5.64	5.71	5.92	5.71	5.60	5.10
Total Other Staff:	62.00	67.00	68.00	65.00	61.00	53.00	52.50
Instructional Aides:	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	18.00	12.50	11.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
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:	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.50
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
Student Support Services:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	26.00	25.00	25.00	24.00	19.50	19.00	19.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.12	11.74	12.28	12.14	12.62	12.32	12.86

Schools

Forest City Regional Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	100 Susquehanna St, Forest City PA 18421
Forest City Regional High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	100 Susquehanna St, Forest City PA 18421

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	23.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$12,999,000	$15,568		$13,316,000	$15,611		$13,592,000	$15,170
Federal:	$837,000	$1,002	6.4%	$1,498,000	$1,756	11.2%	$1,395,000	$1,557	10.3%
State:	$6,030,000	$7,222	46.4%	$5,711,000	$6,695	42.9%	$5,991,000	$6,686	44.1%
Local:	$6,132,000	$7,344	47.2%	$6,107,000	$7,159	45.9%	$6,206,000	$6,926	45.7%
Total Expenditures:	$12,628,000	$15,123		$12,821,000	$15,030		$12,489,000	$13,939
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,357,000	$13,601		$11,533,000	$13,521		$11,053,000	$12,336
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,110,000	$8,515	62.6%	$7,294,000	$8,551	63.2%	$7,067,000	$7,887	63.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$570,000	$683	5.0%	$555,000	$651	4.8%	$575,000	$642	5.2%
Administration:	$1,325,000	$1,587	11.7%	$1,237,000	$1,450	10.7%	$1,113,000	$1,242	10.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,352,000	$2,817	20.7%	$2,447,000	$2,869	21.2%	$2,298,000	$2,565	20.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$83,000	$99		$57,000	$67		$284,000	$317
Construction:	$47,000	$56		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$345,000	$413		$350,000	$410		$346,000	$386
Interest on Debt:	$130,000	$156		$152,000	$178		$173,000	$193

Total Salary:	$6,247,000	$7,481		$6,297,000	$7,382		$6,106,000	$6,815
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,574,000	$5,478	73.2%	$4,733,000	$5,549	75.2%	$4,585,000	$5,117	75.1%
Other Salary:	$1,673,000	$2,004	26.8%	$1,564,000	$1,834	24.8%	$1,521,000	$1,698	24.9%
Total Benefit:	$2,540,000	$3,042		$2,371,000	$2,780		$2,147,000	$2,396
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,868,000	$2,237	73.5%	$1,740,000	$2,040	73.4%	$1,552,000	$1,732	72.3%
Other Benefit:	$672,000	$805	26.5%	$631,000	$740	26.6%	$595,000	$664	27.7%

* Forest City Regional 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.