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Norristown Area School District

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Norristown Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Norristown Area School District has 15.46 square miles of land area and 0.43 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Norristown Area School District population is 64,146. Norristown Area School District median household income is $55,741 in 2010-2014. Norristown Area School District median house value is $210,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Norristown Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (483 out of 496, bottom 3%) Elementary/Middle School: (470 out of 498, bottom 6%)* Rank: #481
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	64,146 (2010-2014), rank #22
Population Growth	8.18% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	4,035.99/sq mi, rank #29
Median Household Income:	$55,741 at 2010-2014—1.93% increase since 2005-2009, rank #190
Median House Price:	$210,400 at 2010-2014—0.38% increase since 2005-2009, rank #83
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	15.46 sq mi, rank #413
Water Area:	0.43 sq mi (2.73%), rank #266
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Montgomery County
City:	Norristown
Zip:	19403, 19401, 19462
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Norristown Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

401 North Whitehall Rd

Norristown PA, 19403, Montgomery County

Phone: 610-630-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,109	7,060	6,972	6,821	6,717	6,727	6,661
English Language Learner Students:	800	754	721	690	703	675	617
Total Teachers:	513.17	501.07	495.10	512.90	523.90	558.30	538.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	NA
Kindergarten:	25.00	26.00	25.00	25.00	26.00	25.00	25.00
Elementary:	225.40	223.35	213.90	216.60	224.20	244.70	244.50
Secondary:	182.67	173.62	178.10	189.20	187.60	199.40	192.00
Ungraded:	79.10	77.10	77.10	81.10	86.10	88.20	76.50
Total Other Staff:	346.00	378.50	384.50	382.30	369.00	385.80	370.70
Instructional Aides:	103.00	93.00	93.00	98.00	106.50	107.00	113.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	18.00	19.00	19.00	19.80	19.50	19.50	19.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	7.50	8.50	7.50	9.00	9.50	9.50	7.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	10.50	10.50	11.50	10.80	10.00	10.00	12.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	7.00	5.00	8.00	8.00	11.00	10.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	7.00	7.00
District Administrative Support:	10.00	12.00	12.00	14.00	15.00	17.00	14.00
School Administrators:	18.00	16.00	16.00	17.00	19.00	23.00	19.00
School Administrative Support:	30.00	29.00	29.00	23.00	22.00	22.50	25.00
Student Support Services:	NA	17.50	22.50	25.50	21.50	25.50	20.70
Other Support Services:	156.00	177.00	178.00	167.00	145.50	147.30	136.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.85	14.09	14.08	13.30	12.82	12.05	12.38

Schools

Cole Manor Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	2350 Springview Rd, Norristown PA 19401
East Norriton Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	330 Roland Dr, Norristown PA 19401
Eisenhower Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1601 Markley St, Norristown PA 19401
Gotwals Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1 East Oak St, Norristown PA 19401
Hancock Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	Arch And Summit Streets, Norristown PA 19401
Marshall Street Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1525 West Marshall St, Norristown PA 19403
Norristown Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1900 Eagle Dr, Norristown PA 19403
Paul V Fly Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	2920 Potshop Rd, Norristown PA 19403
Roosevelt Altern School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1161 Markley St, Norristown PA 19401
Stewart Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1315 West Marshall St, Norristown PA 19401
Whitehall Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	399 North Whitehall Rd, Norristown PA 19403

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.2%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	18.3%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	11.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	16%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	15.7%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	17.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	58.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.6%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.5%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.6%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.4%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.9%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.8%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.2%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.4%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.9%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.5%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	38.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	39.2%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	40.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	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:	$127,700,000	$18,316		$126,988,000	$18,617		$121,944,000	$18,155
Federal:	$11,922,000	$1,710	9.3%	$14,077,000	$2,064	11.1%	$12,121,000	$1,805	9.9%
State:	$25,103,000	$3,601	19.7%	$25,638,000	$3,759	20.2%	$25,708,000	$3,827	21.1%
Local:	$90,675,000	$13,006	71.0%	$87,273,000	$12,795	68.7%	$84,115,000	$12,523	69.0%
Total Expenditures:	$124,675,000	$17,882		$121,996,000	$17,885		$119,177,000	$17,743
Total Current Expenditures:	$106,456,000	$15,269		$105,166,000	$15,418		$101,927,000	$15,174
Instructional Expenditures:	$66,496,000	$9,538	62.5%	$66,548,000	$9,756	63.3%	$64,336,000	$9,578	63.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$9,138,000	$1,311	8.6%	$8,645,000	$1,267	8.2%	$8,825,000	$1,314	8.7%
Administration:	$10,136,000	$1,454	9.5%	$9,550,000	$1,400	9.1%	$9,047,000	$1,347	8.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$20,686,000	$2,967	19.4%	$20,423,000	$2,994	19.4%	$19,719,000	$2,936	19.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$556,000	$80		$693,000	$102		$2,094,000	$312
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$873,000	$125		$856,000	$125		$603,000	$90
Interest on Debt:	$3,906,000	$560		$3,534,000	$518		$3,240,000	$482

Total Salary:	$59,945,000	$8,598		$62,394,000	$9,147		$61,624,000	$9,174
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$41,934,000	$6,015	70.0%	$44,233,000	$6,485	70.9%	$43,314,000	$6,448	70.3%
Other Salary:	$18,011,000	$2,583	30.0%	$18,161,000	$2,663	29.1%	$18,310,000	$2,726	29.7%
Total Benefit:	$29,191,000	$4,187		$24,242,000	$3,554		$22,990,000	$3,423
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$21,145,000	$3,033	72.4%	$17,880,000	$2,621	73.8%	$16,567,000	$2,466	72.1%
Other Benefit:	$8,046,000	$1,154	27.6%	$6,362,000	$933	26.2%	$6,423,000	$956	27.9%

* Norristown Area School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.