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Gettysburg Area School District

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Gettysburg Area School District is located in south Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Area School District has 175.83 square miles of land area and 1.00 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Gettysburg Area School District population is 27,591. Gettysburg Area School District median household income is $59,411 in 2010-2014. Gettysburg Area School District median house value is $223,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Gettysburg Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (370 out of 496, bottom 25%) Elementary/Middle School: (181 out of 498, top 36%)* Rank: #278
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	27,591 (2010-2014), rank #123
Population Growth	-2.75% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	156.03/sq mi, rank #325
Median Household Income:	$59,411 at 2010-2014—7.12% increase since 2005-2009, rank #152
Median House Price:	$223,500 at 2010-2014—9.77% increase since 2005-2009, rank #69
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	175.83 sq mi, rank #69
Water Area:	1.00 sq mi (0.57%), rank #155
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Adams County
City:	Gettysburg, New Oxford, Lake Heritage, Hunterstown, Littlestown, Orrtanna, Fairfield, Fayetteville, Biglerville, Mcknightstown, Cashtown
Zip:	17325, 17350, 17340, 17353, 17320, 17222, 17307, 17343
Area:	Gettysburg, PA

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Gettysburg Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

900 Biglerville Rd

Gettysburg PA, 17325, Adams County

Phone: 717-334-6254

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,012	2,997	3,023	3,141	3,166	3,185	3,208
English Language Learner Students:	91	92	116	112	117	133	147
Total Teachers:	209.48	214.54	218.55	221.64	229.05	238.50	237.20
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	10.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	12.00	10.00
Elementary:	83.36	82.96	86.69	81.16	83.00	86.70	89.60
Secondary:	106.57	110.44	111.94	113.19	117.51	119.90	118.40
Ungraded:	10.55	11.14	10.92	18.29	18.54	19.90	19.20
Total Other Staff:	183.00	196.18	197.15	206.18	188.88	192.50	191.50
Instructional Aides:	22.00	22.00	22.00	21.00	23.00	23.50	23.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	3.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.00	8.00	9.00	10.00	11.00	12.00	12.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	7.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	6.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	12.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	11.00
School Administrators:	8.00	8.00	8.00	11.00	11.06	11.00	11.00
School Administrative Support:	21.00	24.00	24.00	20.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
Student Support Services:	NA	4.18	4.15	4.18	4.32	4.00	5.00
Other Support Services:	100.00	106.00	106.00	114.00	93.50	96.00	93.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.38	13.97	13.83	14.17	13.82	13.35	13.52

Schools

Franklin Twp Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	870 Old Route 30, Cashtown PA 17310
Gettysburg Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1130 Old Harrisburg Rd, Gettysburg PA 17325
Gettysburg Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	37 Lefever St, Gettysburg PA 17325
James Gettys Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	898 Biglerville Rd, Gettysburg PA 17325
Lincoln Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	98 Lefever St, Gettysburg PA 17325

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.1%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.4%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.2%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.5%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.2%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.6%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.4%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	97.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$53,694,000	$17,762		$52,160,000	$16,606		$51,826,000	$16,370
Federal:	$1,669,000	$552	3.1%	$3,128,000	$996	6.0%	$2,498,000	$789	4.8%
State:	$13,870,000	$4,588	25.8%	$12,643,000	$4,025	24.2%	$14,027,000	$4,431	27.1%
Local:	$38,155,000	$12,622	71.1%	$36,389,000	$11,585	69.8%	$35,301,000	$11,150	68.1%
Total Expenditures:	$51,295,000	$16,968		$44,604,000	$14,201		$43,654,000	$13,788
Total Current Expenditures:	$39,449,000	$13,050		$39,822,000	$12,678		$39,458,000	$12,463
Instructional Expenditures:	$24,133,000	$7,983	61.2%	$24,203,000	$7,706	60.8%	$23,888,000	$7,545	60.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,961,000	$979	7.5%	$3,256,000	$1,037	8.2%	$3,234,000	$1,021	8.2%
Administration:	$4,104,000	$1,358	10.4%	$4,272,000	$1,360	10.7%	$4,183,000	$1,321	10.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,251,000	$2,729	20.9%	$8,091,000	$2,576	20.3%	$8,153,000	$2,575	20.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$6,963,000	$2,303		$1,090,000	$347		$427,000	$135
Construction:	$6,641,000	$2,197		$883,000	$281		$0	$0
Total Other:	$24,000	$8		$57,000	$18		$40,000	$13
Interest on Debt:	$1,014,000	$335		$630,000	$201		$760,000	$240

Total Salary:	$21,974,000	$7,269		$22,373,000	$7,123		$22,369,000	$7,065
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$15,494,000	$5,125	70.5%	$15,400,000	$4,903	68.8%	$15,402,000	$4,865	68.9%
Other Salary:	$6,480,000	$2,144	29.5%	$6,973,000	$2,220	31.2%	$6,967,000	$2,201	31.1%
Total Benefit:	$8,950,000	$2,961		$8,260,000	$2,630		$8,187,000	$2,586
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,034,000	$1,996	67.4%	$5,539,000	$1,763	67.1%	$5,543,000	$1,751	67.7%
Other Benefit:	$2,916,000	$965	32.6%	$2,721,000	$866	32.9%	$2,644,000	$835	32.3%

* Gettysburg Area School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.