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Laurel School District

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Laurel School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Laurel School District has 65.75 square miles of land area and 0.53 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Laurel School District population is 8,189. Laurel School District median household income is $54,259 in 2010-2014. Laurel School District median house value is $133,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Laurel School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (308 out of 496, bottom 38%) Elementary/Middle School: (287 out of 498, bottom 42%)* Rank: #301
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	8,189 (2010-2014), rank #400
Population Growth	-0.93% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	123.55/sq mi, rank #355
Median Household Income:	$54,259 at 2010-2014—14.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #208
Median House Price:	$133,800 at 2010-2014—9.05% increase since 2005-2009, rank #268
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	65.75 sq mi, rank #240
Water Area:	0.53 sq mi (0.81%), rank #239
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lawrence County
City:	New Castle, Ellwood City, Portersville, Slippery Rock, Volant
Zip:	16101, 16117, 16051, 16057, 16105, 16156
Area:	New Castle, PA

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Laurel School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2497 Harlansburg Rd

New Castle PA, 16101, Lawrence County

Phone: 724-658-8940

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,275	1,291	1,316	1,354	1,364	1,388	1,407
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Total Teachers:	78.00	80.00	67.64	71.97	72.76	72.00	74.80
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	4.00	4.00	3.32	3.31	4.14	4.10	3.30
Elementary:	34.00	34.50	30.64	34.47	34.24	34.10	37.50
Secondary:	38.12	39.64	32.17	31.24	31.46	30.90	31.10
Ungraded:	1.88	1.86	1.51	2.95	2.92	2.90	2.90
Total Other Staff:	87.00	37.00	107.36	112.53	105.24	107.20	102.70
Instructional Aides:	14.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	11.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
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	1.88	1.75	1.57	1.50	1.60
Library/Media Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	7.00	6.50	7.00	7.00
School Administrators:	2.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	17.77	18.07	18.96	19.50	17.90
Other Support Services:	49.00	NA	52.71	53.71	47.21	48.20	47.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.35	16.14	19.46	18.81	18.75	19.28	18.81

Schools

Laurel Elementary School		Kindergarten to Grade 6	223 Mccaslin Rd, New Castle PA 16101
Laurel Jshs		Grade 7 to Grade 12	2497 Harlansburg Rd, New Castle PA 16101

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.6%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.6%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.6%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.4%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.8%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$16,778,000	$12,749		$16,963,000	$12,528		$16,742,000	$12,274
Federal:	$259,000	$197	1.5%	$1,795,000	$1,326	10.6%	$1,155,000	$847	6.9%
State:	$10,438,000	$7,932	62.2%	$9,418,000	$6,956	55.5%	$9,765,000	$7,159	58.3%
Local:	$6,081,000	$4,621	36.2%	$5,750,000	$4,247	33.9%	$5,822,000	$4,268	34.8%
Total Expenditures:	$15,607,000	$11,859		$16,001,000	$11,818		$17,019,000	$12,477
Total Current Expenditures:	$13,580,000	$10,319		$13,912,000	$10,275		$13,381,000	$9,810
Instructional Expenditures:	$8,194,000	$6,226	60.3%	$8,531,000	$6,301	61.3%	$8,258,000	$6,054	61.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,234,000	$938	9.1%	$1,148,000	$848	8.3%	$1,122,000	$823	8.4%
Administration:	$1,605,000	$1,220	11.8%	$1,740,000	$1,285	12.5%	$1,574,000	$1,154	11.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,547,000	$1,935	18.8%	$2,493,000	$1,841	17.9%	$2,427,000	$1,779	18.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$595,000	$452		$701,000	$518		$2,242,000	$1,644
Construction:	$8,000	$6		$39,000	$29		$1,931,000	$1,416
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$634,000	$482		$536,000	$396		$537,000	$394

Total Salary:	$8,102,000	$6,157		$8,418,000	$6,217		$8,229,000	$6,033
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,474,000	$4,160	67.6%	$5,744,000	$4,242	68.2%	$5,627,000	$4,125	68.4%
Other Salary:	$2,628,000	$1,997	32.4%	$2,674,000	$1,975	31.8%	$2,602,000	$1,908	31.6%
Total Benefit:	$3,321,000	$2,524		$3,142,000	$2,321		$2,828,000	$2,073
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,103,000	$1,598	63.3%	$1,942,000	$1,434	61.8%	$1,807,000	$1,325	63.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,218,000	$926	36.7%	$1,200,000	$886	38.2%	$1,021,000	$749	36.1%

* Laurel 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.