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Hazleton Area School District

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Hazleton Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Hazleton Area School District has 250.64 square miles of land area and 1.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Hazleton Area School District population is 72,932. Hazleton Area School District median household income is $41,289 in 2010-2014. Hazleton Area School District median house value is $119,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Hazleton Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (433 out of 496, bottom 13%) Elementary/Middle School: (416 out of 498, bottom 16%)* Rank: #443
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	72,932 (2010-2014), rank #15
Population Growth	9.89% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	289.66/sq mi, rank #261
Median Household Income:	$41,289 at 2010-2014—1.35% increase since 2005-2009, rank #416
Median House Price:	$119,400 at 2010-2014—9.54% increase since 2005-2009, rank #318
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	250.64 sq mi, rank #36
Water Area:	1.14 sq mi (0.45%), rank #141
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Schuylkill County, Luzerne County, Carbon County
City:	Hazleton, Zion Grove, Nuremberg, Mcadoo, Kelayres, Ringtown, Sheppton, Oneida, Brandonville, West Hazleton, Sugarloaf, Conyngham, Sybertsville, Drums, Jeddo, Milnesville, Beaver Meadows, Ebervale, Freeland, Drifton, Pardeesville, Lattimer, Harleigh, Weatherly, White Haven, Parryville, Hickory Hills, Mountain Top, Beech Mountain Lakes, Bloomsburg, Rock Glen, Weston, Junedale, Tresckow
Zip:	18202, 17985, 18241, 18237, 18201, 18231, 17967, 18248, 18242, 18249, 18219, 18251, 18222, 18224, 18239, 18216, 18223, 18221, 18234, 18225, 18255, 18661, 18244, 18707, 17815, 18246, 18256, 18230, 18254
Area:	Pottsville, PA;Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA;Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

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Hazleton Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1515 West 23rd St

Hazleton PA, 18202, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-459-3111

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	10,560	10,429	10,337	10,301	10,314	10,265	10,474
English Language Learner Students:	1,244	1,229	1,152	1,083	1,010	1,053	975
Total Teachers:	653.26	625.76	649.44	683.87	645.59	627.10	575.10
Prekindergarten:	7.00	7.00	9.00	9.30	8.98	4.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	40.00	33.00	33.00	31.00	34.00	32.00	27.00
Elementary:	283.75	277.10	277.60	284.65	279.40	272.00	257.30
Secondary:	250.00	237.65	244.86	267.33	234.75	228.70	225.00
Ungraded:	72.51	71.01	84.98	91.59	88.46	90.40	61.80
Total Other Staff:	507.17	514.00	511.00	545.11	439.34	498.00	463.00
Instructional Aides:	145.00	139.00	139.00	154.00	129.50	137.50	131.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	5.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	14.00	13.00	13.00	14.11	14.00	13.00	12.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	4.00	4.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	6.00	9.00	10.11	7.00	6.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.17	3.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	4.00
District Administrators:	6.00	6.92	7.00	9.00	9.00	6.00	7.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	24.00	25.00	39.00
School Administrators:	21.00	19.00	18.00	24.00	23.91	24.00	30.00
School Administrative Support:	52.00	50.00	50.00	51.00	44.50	48.50	19.00
Student Support Services:	NA	27.08	24.00	23.00	19.43	11.50	6.00
Other Support Services:	251.00	235.00	236.00	243.00	156.00	212.50	205.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.17	16.67	15.92	15.06	15.98	16.37	18.21

Schools

Arthur Street Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 2	424 East 9th St, Hazleton PA 18201
Drums El/Ms	Kindergarten to Grade 8	85 South Old Turnpike Rd, Drums PA 18222
Freeland El/Ms	Kindergarten to Grade 8	400 Alvin St, Freeland PA 18224
Hazleton Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1601 West 23rd St, Hazleton PA 18202
Hazleton El/Ms	Grade 3 to Grade 8	700 North Wyoming St, Hazleton PA 18201
Heights Terrace El/Ms	Kindergarten to Grade 8	275 Mill St, Hazleton PA 18201
Mcadoo-Kelayres El/Ms	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	15 Kelayres Rd, Mcadoo PA 18237
Valley El/Ms	Kindergarten to Grade 8	100 Rock Glen Rd, Sugarloaf PA 18249
West Hazleton El/Ms	Kindergarten to Grade 8	325 North St, Hazleton PA 18202

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.1%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	19.9%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	23.2%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.5%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.2%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.2%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.3%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$117,947,000	$11,410		$123,805,000	$12,019		$117,424,000	$11,385
Federal:	$11,424,000	$1,105	9.7%	$17,992,000	$1,747	14.5%	$16,481,000	$1,598	14.0%
State:	$55,673,000	$5,386	47.2%	$53,821,000	$5,225	43.5%	$51,713,000	$5,014	44.0%
Local:	$50,850,000	$4,919	43.1%	$51,992,000	$5,047	42.0%	$49,230,000	$4,773	41.9%
Total Expenditures:	$132,014,000	$12,771		$118,748,000	$11,528		$110,197,000	$10,684
Total Current Expenditures:	$97,161,000	$9,399		$102,446,000	$9,945		$96,177,000	$9,325
Instructional Expenditures:	$66,069,000	$6,392	68.0%	$68,240,000	$6,625	66.6%	$63,454,000	$6,152	66.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,476,000	$530	5.6%	$7,260,000	$705	7.1%	$7,399,000	$717	7.7%
Administration:	$8,221,000	$795	8.5%	$9,120,000	$885	8.9%	$8,568,000	$831	8.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$17,395,000	$1,683	17.9%	$17,826,000	$1,731	17.4%	$16,756,000	$1,625	17.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$23,763,000	$2,299		$6,521,000	$633		$4,190,000	$406
Construction:	$23,099,000	$2,235		$5,376,000	$522		$511,000	$50
Total Other:	$2,309,000	$223		$2,442,000	$237		$2,254,000	$219
Interest on Debt:	$4,640,000	$449		$4,462,000	$433		$4,427,000	$429

Total Salary:	$56,296,000	$5,446		$58,966,000	$5,724		$55,311,000	$5,363
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$42,442,000	$4,106	75.4%	$43,731,000	$4,245	74.2%	$40,706,000	$3,947	73.6%
Other Salary:	$13,854,000	$1,340	24.6%	$15,235,000	$1,479	25.8%	$14,605,000	$1,416	26.4%
Total Benefit:	$24,323,000	$2,353		$24,365,000	$2,365		$21,447,000	$2,079
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$18,359,000	$1,776	75.5%	$17,751,000	$1,723	72.9%	$15,875,000	$1,539	74.0%
Other Benefit:	$5,964,000	$577	24.5%	$6,614,000	$642	27.1%	$5,572,000	$540	26.0%

* Hazleton Area School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.