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Mechanicsburg Area School District

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Mechanicsburg Area School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg Area School District has 15.90 square miles of land area and 0.11 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Mechanicsburg Area School District population is 29,093. Mechanicsburg Area School District median household income is $61,744 in 2010-2014. Mechanicsburg Area School District median house value is $178,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Mechanicsburg Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (96 out of 496, top 19%) Elementary/Middle School: (113 out of 498, top 23%)* Rank: #101
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	29,093 (2010-2014), rank #113
Population Growth	4.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,817.14/sq mi, rank #80
Median Household Income:	$61,744 at 2010-2014—1.08% increase since 2005-2009, rank #133
Median House Price:	$178,700 at 2010-2014—5.30% increase since 2005-2009, rank #134
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	15.90 sq mi, rank #409
Water Area:	0.11 sq mi (0.66%), rank #388
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Cumberland County
City:	Mechanicsburg, Grantham, Messiah College, Shiremanstown
Zip:	17055, 17027, 17011, 17050
Area:	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Mechanicsburg Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

100 East Elmwood Ave 2nd Floor

Mechanicsburg PA, 17055, Cumberland County

Phone: 717-691-4500

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,821	3,707	3,655	3,724	3,703	3,712	3,698
English Language Learner Students:	112	101	81	77	78	73	73
Total Teachers:	267.57	266.60	265.60	270.90	273.80	276.10	272.10
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	14.00	14.00	12.00	13.00	12.00	13.00	5.50
Elementary:	96.75	96.20	97.40	97.95	97.76	98.70	99.10
Secondary:	136.52	137.10	135.70	139.45	142.54	143.90	148.00
Ungraded:	20.30	19.30	20.50	20.50	21.50	20.50	19.50
Total Other Staff:	246.90	274.00	277.00	283.30	264.80	252.90	235.40
Instructional Aides:	67.00	57.00	57.00	58.00	60.00	55.00	51.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	4.00	4.00	5.05	6.10	6.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	10.00	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	7.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
District Administrators:	6.00	6.00	5.90	4.95	5.00	5.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	22.00	18.00	18.00	21.00	21.50	20.00	21.00
School Administrators:	12.90	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	13.00
School Administrative Support:	18.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	19.50	18.50	18.50
Student Support Services:	NA	23.00	26.10	25.30	25.20	21.90	14.40
Other Support Services:	99.00	113.00	113.00	115.00	94.50	94.50	87.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.28	13.90	13.76	13.75	13.52	13.44	13.59

Schools

Broad Street Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	200 South Broad St, Mechanicsburg PA 17055
Elmwood Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	100 East Elmwood Ave, Mechanicsburg PA 17055
Kindergarten Center At Filbert St	Kindergarten to Kindergarten	505 South Filbert St, Mechanicsburg PA 17055
Mechanicsburg Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	500 South Broad St, Mechanicsburg PA 17055
Mechanicsburg Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1750 South Market St, Mechanicsburg PA 17055
Northside Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	411 North Walnut St, Mechanicsburg PA 17055
Shepherdstown Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 2	1849 South York St, Mechanicsburg PA 17055
Upper Allen Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	1790 South Market St, Mechanicsburg PA 17055

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	81.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	85.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.9%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.4%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.8%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.8%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	97.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.1%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82%	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:	$54,875,000	$15,014		$53,537,000	$14,376		$52,396,000	$14,150
Federal:	$1,314,000	$360	2.4%	$2,522,000	$677	4.7%	$1,812,000	$489	3.5%
State:	$11,853,000	$3,243	21.6%	$11,254,000	$3,022	21.0%	$11,239,000	$3,035	21.5%
Local:	$41,708,000	$11,411	76.0%	$39,761,000	$10,677	74.3%	$39,345,000	$10,625	75.1%
Total Expenditures:	$49,094,000	$13,432		$49,817,000	$13,377		$46,348,000	$12,516
Total Current Expenditures:	$41,218,000	$11,277		$41,123,000	$11,043		$39,525,000	$10,674
Instructional Expenditures:	$26,866,000	$7,350	65.2%	$26,780,000	$7,191	65.1%	$25,493,000	$6,884	64.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,974,000	$1,087	9.6%	$3,898,000	$1,047	9.5%	$3,811,000	$1,029	9.6%
Administration:	$3,434,000	$940	8.3%	$3,355,000	$901	8.2%	$3,172,000	$857	8.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,944,000	$1,900	16.8%	$7,090,000	$1,904	17.2%	$7,049,000	$1,904	17.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,191,000	$599		$4,311,000	$1,158		$1,123,000	$303
Construction:	$1,483,000	$406		$3,507,000	$942		$358,000	$97
Total Other:	$1,046,000	$286		$1,197,000	$321		$1,111,000	$300
Interest on Debt:	$1,707,000	$467		$342,000	$92		$2,003,000	$541

Total Salary:	$25,304,000	$6,923		$25,205,000	$6,768		$24,714,000	$6,674
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$18,190,000	$4,977	71.9%	$18,229,000	$4,895	72.3%	$17,825,000	$4,814	72.1%
Other Salary:	$7,114,000	$1,946	28.1%	$6,976,000	$1,873	27.7%	$6,889,000	$1,860	27.9%
Total Benefit:	$8,920,000	$2,440		$8,614,000	$2,313		$7,763,000	$2,096
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,335,000	$1,733	71.0%	$6,150,000	$1,651	71.4%	$5,539,000	$1,496	71.4%
Other Benefit:	$2,585,000	$707	29.0%	$2,464,000	$662	28.6%	$2,224,000	$601	28.6%

* Mechanicsburg Area 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.