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Jim Thorpe Area School District

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Jim Thorpe Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Jim Thorpe Area School District has 114.70 square miles of land area and 1.90 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Jim Thorpe Area School District population is 15,770. Jim Thorpe Area School District median household income is $55,628 in 2010-2014. Jim Thorpe Area School District median house value is $177,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Jim Thorpe Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (317 out of 496, bottom 36%) Elementary/Middle School: (384 out of 498, bottom 23%)* Rank: #364
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	15,770 (2010-2014), rank #264
Population Growth	19.77% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	135.25/sq mi, rank #345
Median Household Income:	$55,628 at 2010-2014—11.62% increase since 2005-2009, rank #191
Median House Price:	$177,600 at 2010-2014—14.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #138
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	114.70 sq mi, rank #123
Water Area:	1.90 sq mi (1.63%), rank #75
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Carbon County
City:	Albrightsville, Lehighton, Jim Thorpe, Towamensing Trails, Indian Mountain Lake, Lake Harmony, White Haven, Holiday Pocono
Zip:	18210, 18235, 18229, 18624, 18661
Area:	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

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Jim Thorpe Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

410 Center Ave

Jim Thorpe PA, 18229, Carbon County

Phone: 570-325-3691

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,148	2,235	2,106	2,229	2,187	2,189	2,105
English Language Learner Students:	10	9	11	9	4	4	7
Total Teachers:	136.85	142.30	144.10	152.20	153.00	152.00	139.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Kindergarten:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.00
Elementary:	56.80	58.00	59.00	65.50	63.50	60.50	54.50
Secondary:	55.05	58.30	59.50	61.70	61.50	63.50	59.50
Ungraded:	17.00	18.00	17.60	17.00	20.00	19.00	18.00
Total Other Staff:	139.00	141.75	140.80	151.80	159.00	151.50	161.50
Instructional Aides:	47.00	48.00	48.00	53.00	54.50	51.00	48.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.75	2.80	2.80	3.00	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrators:	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
School Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	11.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	1.00	4.00	6.00	2.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	55.00	55.00	55.00	59.00	60.50	61.50	74.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.70	15.71	14.61	14.65	14.29	14.40	15.14

Schools

Jim Thorpe Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1 Olympian Way, Jim Thorpe PA 18229
L B Morris Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	150 West 10th St, Jim Thorpe PA 18229
Penn-Kidder Campus	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	2840 Route 940, Albrightsville PA 18210

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.9%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.2%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.1%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.4%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.7%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.4%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	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:	$39,622,000	$18,814		$37,863,000	$16,987		$36,120,000	$16,516
Federal:	$1,011,000	$480	2.6%	$1,958,000	$878	5.2%	$1,082,000	$495	3.0%
State:	$7,149,000	$3,395	18.0%	$6,173,000	$2,769	16.3%	$7,163,000	$3,275	19.8%
Local:	$31,462,000	$14,939	79.4%	$29,732,000	$13,339	78.5%	$27,875,000	$12,746	77.2%
Total Expenditures:	$34,057,000	$16,171		$33,320,000	$14,948		$33,652,000	$15,387
Total Current Expenditures:	$24,479,000	$11,623		$26,793,000	$12,020		$26,465,000	$12,101
Instructional Expenditures:	$14,368,000	$6,822	58.7%	$16,616,000	$7,454	62.0%	$15,358,000	$7,022	58.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,310,000	$622	5.4%	$1,421,000	$638	5.3%	$1,634,000	$747	6.2%
Administration:	$2,772,000	$1,316	11.3%	$2,552,000	$1,145	9.5%	$3,052,000	$1,396	11.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,029,000	$2,863	24.6%	$6,204,000	$2,783	23.2%	$6,421,000	$2,936	24.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,053,000	$500		$743,000	$333		$932,000	$426
Construction:	$499,000	$237		$522,000	$234		$522,000	$239
Total Other:	$523,000	$248		$531,000	$238		$580,000	$265
Interest on Debt:	$1,885,000	$895		$2,099,000	$942		$2,159,000	$987

Total Salary:	$13,031,000	$6,188		$13,133,000	$5,892		$12,648,000	$5,783
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,478,000	$4,500	72.7%	$9,471,000	$4,249	72.1%	$8,796,000	$4,022	69.5%
Other Salary:	$3,553,000	$1,687	27.3%	$3,662,000	$1,643	27.9%	$3,852,000	$1,761	30.5%
Total Benefit:	$6,157,000	$2,924		$5,377,000	$2,412		$6,079,000	$2,780
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,214,000	$2,001	68.4%	$3,703,000	$1,661	68.9%	$4,021,000	$1,839	66.1%
Other Benefit:	$1,943,000	$923	31.6%	$1,674,000	$751	31.1%	$2,058,000	$941	33.9%

* Jim Thorpe Area School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.