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Minersville Area School District

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Minersville Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Minersville Area School District has 55.29 square miles of land area and 0.18 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Minersville Area School District population is 8,673. Minersville Area School District median household income is $41,157 in 2010-2014. Minersville Area School District median house value is $74,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Minersville Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (453 out of 496, bottom 9%) Elementary/Middle School: (309 out of 498, bottom 38%)* Rank: #397
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	8,673 (2010-2014), rank #386
Population Growth	-4.30% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	156.36/sq mi, rank #324
Median Household Income:	$41,157 at 2010-2014—6.45% increase since 2005-2009, rank #419
Median House Price:	$74,600 at 2010-2014—5.97% increase since 2005-2009, rank #465
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	55.29 sq mi, rank #265
Water Area:	0.18 sq mi (0.32%), rank #358
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Schuylkill County
City:	Tremont, Branchdale, Newtown CDP, Branch Dale, Minersville, Pottsville, Buck Run, Heckscherville, Forestville, Llewellyn
Zip:	17981, 17923, 17954, 17901, 17944
Area:	Pottsville, PA

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Minersville Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

Battlin Miner Dr And Low Rd

Minersville PA, 17954, Schuylkill County

Phone: 570-544-1400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,258	1,260	1,237	1,243	1,265	1,210	1,208
English Language Learner Students:	4	3	5	7	3	5	4
Total Teachers:	83.80	82.80	83.40	79.80	78.80	76.80	72.30
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Kindergarten:	4.77	4.77	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary:	37.78	36.80	36.40	33.80	33.80	31.80	30.80
Secondary:	38.05	38.03	38.75	38.05	39.00	37.00	33.50
Ungraded:	1.20	1.20	1.25	0.95	0.00	1.00	1.00
Total Other Staff:	76.00	76.00	76.00	62.00	52.50	47.40	47.00
Instructional Aides:	29.00	23.00	23.00	10.00	5.00	3.00	1.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	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:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.90	0.70
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	8.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrators:	1.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	12.00	9.00	8.00
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	2.30
Other Support Services:	26.00	26.00	26.00	27.00	18.50	19.50	20.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.01	15.22	14.83	15.58	16.05	15.76	16.71

Schools

Early Childhood Edu Center	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	24 Llewellyn Rd, Pottsville PA 17901
Minersville Area El Center	Grade 1 to Grade 6	North Fifth St, Minersville PA 17954
Minersville Area Jshs	Grade 7 to Grade 12	Battlin Miner Dr And Low Rd, Minersville PA 17954

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.3%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.4%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.1%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.4%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.6%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,726,000	$12,713		$16,015,000	$12,884		$15,195,000	$12,012
Federal:	$790,000	$639	5.0%	$1,978,000	$1,591	12.4%	$1,828,000	$1,445	12.0%
State:	$7,750,000	$6,265	49.3%	$7,407,000	$5,959	46.3%	$6,927,000	$5,476	45.6%
Local:	$7,186,000	$5,809	45.7%	$6,630,000	$5,334	41.4%	$6,440,000	$5,091	42.4%
Total Expenditures:	$14,457,000	$11,687		$14,389,000	$11,576		$13,657,000	$10,796
Total Current Expenditures:	$12,181,000	$9,847		$11,204,000	$9,014		$11,076,000	$8,756
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,258,000	$5,867	59.6%	$6,587,000	$5,299	58.8%	$6,364,000	$5,031	57.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$843,000	$681	6.9%	$757,000	$609	6.8%	$656,000	$519	5.9%
Administration:	$1,248,000	$1,009	10.2%	$1,204,000	$969	10.7%	$1,280,000	$1,012	11.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,832,000	$2,289	23.2%	$2,656,000	$2,137	23.7%	$2,776,000	$2,194	25.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$170,000	$137		$766,000	$616		$460,000	$364
Construction:	$21,000	$17		$62,000	$50		$25,000	$20
Total Other:	$12,000	$10		$15,000	$12		$13,000	$10
Interest on Debt:	$372,000	$301		$295,000	$237		$407,000	$322

Total Salary:	$6,529,000	$5,278		$6,219,000	$5,003		$6,014,000	$4,754
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,763,000	$3,850	73.0%	$4,416,000	$3,553	71.0%	$4,317,000	$3,413	71.8%
Other Salary:	$1,766,000	$1,428	27.0%	$1,803,000	$1,451	29.0%	$1,697,000	$1,342	28.2%
Total Benefit:	$2,922,000	$2,362		$2,502,000	$2,013		$2,264,000	$1,790
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,965,000	$1,589	67.2%	$1,648,000	$1,326	65.9%	$1,520,000	$1,202	67.1%
Other Benefit:	$957,000	$774	32.8%	$854,000	$687	34.1%	$744,000	$588	32.9%

* Minersville 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.