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Ligonier Valley School District

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Ligonier Valley School District is located in southwest Pennsylvania. Ligonier Valley School District has 230.03 square miles of land area and 0.82 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ligonier Valley School District population is 15,767. Ligonier Valley School District median household income is $47,554 in 2010-2014. Ligonier Valley School District median house value is $142,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Ligonier Valley School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (85 out of 496, top 17%) Elementary/Middle School: (122 out of 498, top 24%)* Rank: #100
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	15,767 (2010-2014), rank #265
Population Growth	2.23% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	68.30/sq mi, rank #410
Median Household Income:	$47,554 at 2010-2014—4.79% increase since 2005-2009, rank #313
Median House Price:	$142,600 at 2010-2014—13.81% increase since 2005-2009, rank #243
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	230.03 sq mi, rank #40
Water Area:	0.82 sq mi (0.35%), rank #182
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Westmoreland County
City:	Seward, New Florence, Laughlintown, Ligonier, Latrobe, Boswell, Rector, Laurel Mountain Park, Bolivar, Stahlstown, Acme
Zip:	15954, 15944, 15655, 15658, 15650, 15531, 15677, 15923, 15687, 15610
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Ligonier Valley School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

339 West Main St

Ligonier PA, 15658, Westmoreland County

Phone: 724-238-5696

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,563	1,588	1,681	1,697	1,861	1,873	1,963
English Language Learner Students:	0	1	2	2	4	4	2
Total Teachers:	110.25	113.15	115.00	128.00	102.90	101.10	100.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	4.95	4.90	5.70
Elementary:	51.00	51.20	52.00	59.75	42.12	40.70	40.70
Secondary:	49.25	51.08	52.05	56.65	51.35	50.40	49.50
Ungraded:	5.00	4.87	4.95	5.60	4.48	5.10	4.50
Total Other Staff:	70.85	87.15	88.30	113.30	148.90	148.10	151.10
Instructional Aides:	8.00	6.00	6.00	18.00	15.50	14.00	15.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.85	4.85	5.00	5.00	4.37	4.30	4.40
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.40	2.40	2.40	2.40	2.22	2.20	2.20
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.45	2.45	2.60	2.60	2.15	2.10	2.20
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	4.04	3.80	3.90
Library/Media Support:	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.50	1.50
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.90
District Administrative Support:	5.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	5.96	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	8.00	8.00	10.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
Student Support Services:	NA	5.30	5.30	7.30	45.21	43.90	43.70
Other Support Services:	35.00	47.00	47.00	52.00	52.82	54.60	54.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.18	14.03	14.62	13.26	18.09	18.53	19.55

Schools

Laurel Valley Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	137 Education Ln, New Florence PA 15944
Ligonier Valley High School	Prekindergarten to Grade 12	40 Springer Rd, Ligonier PA 15658
Ligonier Valley Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	536 Bell St, Ligonier PA 15658
Mellon Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	559 Bell St, Ligonier PA 15658

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	80.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	83%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.2%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.8%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	98.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.4%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.1%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.6%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.4%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$27,281,000	$16,229		$26,569,000	$15,656		$26,364,000	$14,167
Federal:	$1,095,000	$651	4.0%	$2,475,000	$1,458	9.3%	$2,158,000	$1,160	8.2%
State:	$9,596,000	$5,709	35.2%	$9,127,000	$5,378	34.4%	$9,254,000	$4,973	35.1%
Local:	$16,590,000	$9,869	60.8%	$14,967,000	$8,820	56.3%	$14,952,000	$8,034	56.7%
Total Expenditures:	$23,896,000	$14,215		$25,764,000	$15,182		$26,327,000	$14,147
Total Current Expenditures:	$19,918,000	$11,849		$21,473,000	$12,654		$22,615,000	$12,152
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,241,000	$6,687	56.4%	$11,952,000	$7,043	55.7%	$12,846,000	$6,903	56.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,335,000	$794	6.7%	$1,484,000	$874	6.9%	$1,734,000	$932	7.7%
Administration:	$2,250,000	$1,338	11.3%	$2,447,000	$1,442	11.4%	$2,384,000	$1,281	10.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,092,000	$3,029	25.6%	$5,590,000	$3,294	26.0%	$5,651,000	$3,037	25.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$261,000	$155		$492,000	$290		$747,000	$401
Construction:	$0	$0		$90,000	$53		$404,000	$217
Total Other:	$8,000	$5		$11,000	$6		$12,000	$6
Interest on Debt:	$859,000	$511		$1,029,000	$606		$1,061,000	$570

Total Salary:	$10,447,000	$6,215		$11,377,000	$6,704		$12,138,000	$6,522
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,356,000	$4,376	70.4%	$7,880,000	$4,643	69.3%	$8,511,000	$4,573	70.1%
Other Salary:	$3,091,000	$1,839	29.6%	$3,497,000	$2,061	30.7%	$3,627,000	$1,949	29.9%
Total Benefit:	$4,007,000	$2,384		$4,405,000	$2,596		$4,828,000	$2,594
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,913,000	$1,733	72.7%	$3,173,000	$1,870	72.0%	$3,519,000	$1,891	72.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,094,000	$651	27.3%	$1,232,000	$726	28.0%	$1,309,000	$703	27.1%

* Ligonier Valley School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.