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New Castle Area School District

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New Castle Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. New Castle Area School District has 13.52 square miles of land area and 0.50 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total New Castle Area School District population is 23,998. New Castle Area School District median household income is $29,844 in 2010-2014. New Castle Area School District median house value is $61,300 in 2010-2014. On average, New Castle Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (379 out of 496, bottom 24%) Elementary/Middle School: (440 out of 498, bottom 12%)* Rank: #422
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	23,998 (2010-2014), rank #154
Population Growth	-5.52% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,712.35/sq mi, rank #88
Median Household Income:	$29,844 at 2010-2014—-7.76% increase since 2005-2009, rank #492
Median House Price:	$61,300 at 2010-2014—5.87% increase since 2005-2009, rank #491
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	13.52 sq mi, rank #422
Water Area:	0.50 sq mi (3.56%), rank #251
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lawrence County
City:	Wampum, West Pittsburg, New Castle
Zip:	16157, 16160, 16101, 16102, 16105
Area:	New Castle, PA

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New Castle Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

420 Fern St

New Castle PA, 16101, Lawrence County

Phone: 724-656-4756

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,177	3,214	3,260	3,307	3,353	3,433	3,471
English Language Learner Students:	13	10	10	9	8	10	9
Total Teachers:	216.00	223.00	229.00	237.00	245.00	244.90	250.10
Prekindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Kindergarten:	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	13.00	14.00
Elementary:	109.80	111.90	114.40	115.40	120.30	123.20	126.30
Secondary:	77.20	82.10	84.60	86.60	88.70	88.70	87.80
Ungraded:	12.00	12.00	13.00	14.00	15.00	13.00	15.00
Total Other Staff:	171.00	194.00	194.00	228.00	222.00	235.50	233.50
Instructional Aides:	45.00	42.00	42.00	73.00	57.00	75.50	75.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
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:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	1.00
District Administrators:	3.80	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	3.50
District Administrative Support:	9.00	9.00	9.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	13.00
School Administrators:	8.20	8.20	8.20	9.20	9.20	9.20	9.20
School Administrative Support:	18.00	18.00	18.00	16.00	17.00	15.00	15.00
Student Support Services:	NA	4.30	4.30	4.30	4.30	4.30	4.30
Other Support Services:	78.00	96.00	96.00	97.00	106.00	100.00	100.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.71	14.41	14.24	13.95	13.69	14.02	13.88

Schools

Croton Pre-Kdg Center	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	420 Fern St, New Castle PA 16101
Harry W Lockley Kdg Center	Kindergarten to Kindergarten	1111 South Cascade St, New Castle PA 16101
John F Kennedy School	Grade 1 to Grade 3	326 Laurel Blvd, New Castle PA 16101
New Castle Jhs	Grade 7 to Grade 8	310 East Lincoln Ave, New Castle PA 16101
New Castle Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	300 East Lincoln Ave, New Castle PA 16101
Thaddeus Stevens School	Grade 1 to Grade 3	831 Harrison St, New Castle PA 16101
Washington Intrmd School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	101 East Euclid Ave, New Castle PA 16105
West Side School	Grade 1 to Grade 3	708 West Washington St, New Castle PA 16101

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.9%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.9%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	19.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	19.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.3%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.2%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.5%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.6%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	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:	$45,056,000	$13,821		$48,405,000	$14,637		$48,603,000	$14,495
Federal:	$4,643,000	$1,424	10.3%	$9,403,000	$2,843	19.4%	$8,204,000	$2,447	16.9%
State:	$28,998,000	$8,895	64.4%	$27,160,000	$8,213	56.1%	$29,153,000	$8,695	60.0%
Local:	$11,415,000	$3,502	25.3%	$11,842,000	$3,581	24.5%	$11,246,000	$3,354	23.1%
Total Expenditures:	$42,158,000	$12,932		$44,936,000	$13,588		$44,158,000	$13,170
Total Current Expenditures:	$36,507,000	$11,198		$37,929,000	$11,469		$37,651,000	$11,229
Instructional Expenditures:	$23,871,000	$7,322	65.4%	$25,188,000	$7,617	66.4%	$24,977,000	$7,449	66.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,413,000	$740	6.6%	$2,469,000	$747	6.5%	$2,438,000	$727	6.5%
Administration:	$3,938,000	$1,208	10.8%	$3,955,000	$1,196	10.4%	$4,040,000	$1,205	10.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,285,000	$1,928	17.2%	$6,317,000	$1,910	16.7%	$6,196,000	$1,848	16.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$695,000	$213		$899,000	$272		$373,000	$111
Construction:	$531,000	$163		$642,000	$194		$0	$0
Total Other:	$395,000	$121		$850,000	$257		$836,000	$249
Interest on Debt:	$1,393,000	$427		$1,834,000	$555		$1,265,000	$377

Total Salary:	$21,570,000	$6,617		$22,363,000	$6,762		$22,021,000	$6,568
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$15,732,000	$4,826	72.9%	$16,442,000	$4,972	73.5%	$16,328,000	$4,870	74.1%
Other Salary:	$5,838,000	$1,791	27.1%	$5,921,000	$1,790	26.5%	$5,693,000	$1,698	25.9%
Total Benefit:	$9,155,000	$2,808		$8,636,000	$2,611		$8,187,000	$2,442
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,652,000	$2,040	72.7%	$6,466,000	$1,955	74.9%	$6,225,000	$1,857	76.0%
Other Benefit:	$2,503,000	$768	27.3%	$2,170,000	$656	25.1%	$1,962,000	$585	24.0%

* New Castle Area School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.