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Halifax Area School District

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Halifax Area School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Halifax Area School District has 81.94 square miles of land area and 4.13 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Halifax Area School District population is 7,893. Halifax Area School District median household income is $56,350 in 2010-2014. Halifax Area School District median house value is $160,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Halifax Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (313 out of 496, bottom 37%) Elementary/Middle School: (312 out of 498, bottom 37%)* Rank: #317
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	7,893 (2010-2014), rank #408
Population Growth	8.00% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	91.70/sq mi, rank #384
Median Household Income:	$56,350 at 2010-2014—-1.21% increase since 2005-2009, rank #182
Median House Price:	$160,300 at 2010-2014—16.33% increase since 2005-2009, rank #183
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	81.94 sq mi, rank #195
Water Area:	4.13 sq mi (4.80%), rank #28
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Dauphin County
City:	Halifax
Zip:	17032
Area:	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Halifax Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

3940 Peters Mountain Rd

Halifax PA, 17032, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-896-3416

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,054	1,077	1,122	1,143	1,172	1,183	1,220
English Language Learner Students:	2	1	2	1	1	1	0
Total Teachers:	92.83	94.10	89.50	96.82	96.82	98.20	94.60
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary:	37.10	36.70	33.90	34.38	32.18	33.60	32.70
Secondary:	41.23	40.90	38.80	45.14	48.14	48.10	47.40
Ungraded:	8.50	10.50	10.80	11.30	10.50	10.50	9.50
Total Other Staff:	92.00	97.40	100.50	108.18	94.18	92.60	60.90
Instructional Aides:	35.00	33.00	33.00	35.00	31.00	30.00	29.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.50	1.50	1.18	1.18	1.10	1.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	2.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.50
District Administrators:	2.40	2.40	3.40	2.40	2.00	2.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.50	6.00
School Administrators:	3.60	5.60	5.60	5.60	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.50	8.50	9.50
Student Support Services:	NA	1.90	4.00	6.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	32.00	33.00	33.00	35.00	31.50	32.50	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.35	11.45	12.54	11.81	12.10	12.05	12.90

Schools

Enders-Fisherville Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 1	791 Enders Rd, Halifax PA 17032
Halifax Area Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 5	151 School Rd, Halifax PA 17032
Halifax Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	3940 Peters Mountain Rd, Halifax PA 17032
Halifax Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	3940 Peters Mountain Rd, Halifax PA 17032

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	26.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	19.7%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.9%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.4%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	42.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.8%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.6%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	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:	$17,719,000	$15,792		$18,457,000	$16,148		$17,880,000	$15,256
Federal:	$437,000	$389	2.5%	$1,471,000	$1,287	8.0%	$1,222,000	$1,043	6.8%
State:	$8,415,000	$7,500	47.5%	$7,982,000	$6,983	43.2%	$8,070,000	$6,886	45.1%
Local:	$8,867,000	$7,903	50.0%	$9,004,000	$7,878	48.8%	$8,588,000	$7,328	48.0%
Total Expenditures:	$16,043,000	$14,299		$18,767,000	$16,419		$17,324,000	$14,782
Total Current Expenditures:	$14,148,000	$12,610		$15,563,000	$13,616		$14,719,000	$12,559
Instructional Expenditures:	$8,217,000	$7,324	58.1%	$8,855,000	$7,747	56.9%	$8,335,000	$7,112	56.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,235,000	$1,101	8.7%	$1,502,000	$1,314	9.7%	$1,432,000	$1,222	9.7%
Administration:	$1,836,000	$1,636	13.0%	$1,922,000	$1,682	12.3%	$1,809,000	$1,544	12.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,860,000	$2,549	20.2%	$3,284,000	$2,873	21.1%	$3,143,000	$2,682	21.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$222,000	$198		$1,420,000	$1,242		$741,000	$632
Construction:	$124,000	$111		$1,308,000	$1,144		$584,000	$498
Total Other:	$285,000	$254		$320,000	$280		$393,000	$335
Interest on Debt:	$127,000	$113		$141,000	$123		$118,000	$101

Total Salary:	$8,025,000	$7,152		$8,535,000	$7,467		$8,174,000	$6,974
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,637,000	$5,024	70.2%	$5,976,000	$5,228	70.0%	$5,648,000	$4,819	69.1%
Other Salary:	$2,388,000	$2,128	29.8%	$2,559,000	$2,239	30.0%	$2,526,000	$2,155	30.9%
Total Benefit:	$3,281,000	$2,924		$3,761,000	$3,290		$3,040,000	$2,594
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,238,000	$1,995	68.2%	$2,490,000	$2,178	66.2%	$1,969,000	$1,680	64.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,043,000	$930	31.8%	$1,271,000	$1,112	33.8%	$1,071,000	$914	35.2%

* Halifax Area 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.