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Northampton Area School District

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Northampton Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Northampton Area School District has 95.54 square miles of land area and 1.59 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Northampton Area School District population is 41,804. Northampton Area School District median household income is $62,384 in 2010-2014. Northampton Area School District median house value is $199,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Northampton Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (239 out of 496, top 48%) Elementary/Middle School: (240 out of 498, top 48%)* Rank: #238
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	41,804 (2010-2014), rank #59
Population Growth	-1.27% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	430.41/sq mi, rank #214
Median Household Income:	$62,384 at 2010-2014—2.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #126
Median House Price:	$199,500 at 2010-2014—-0.89% increase since 2005-2009, rank #99
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	95.54 sq mi, rank #168
Water Area:	1.59 sq mi (1.63%), rank #94
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Northampton County
City:	Northampton, Bath, Danielsville, Nazareth, Wind Gap, Treichlers, Walnutport, Cherryville, Bethlehem, Allentown, Chapman
Zip:	18067, 18014, 18038, 18064, 18091, 18086, 18088, 18035, 18017, 18109
Area:	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

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Northampton Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2014 Laubach Ave

Northampton PA, 18067, Northampton County

Phone: 610-262-7811

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,532	5,537	5,543	5,632	5,599	5,649	5,741
English Language Learner Students:	24	27	34	47	45	59	64
Total Teachers:	332.64	332.93	365.28	380.56	383.58	380.30	379.20
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	18.00	18.50	18.00	17.00	18.00	19.00	17.00
Elementary:	163.00	166.00	173.54	178.21	176.37	178.20	172.00
Secondary:	136.64	135.61	159.75	165.02	169.72	170.00	180.20
Ungraded:	15.00	12.82	13.99	20.33	19.49	13.10	10.00
Total Other Staff:	258.13	182.66	306.26	306.75	291.42	281.80	271.00
Instructional Aides:	75.00	91.00	91.00	88.00	83.50	79.00	78.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	7.00	7.00	7.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	12.50	12.50	13.50	13.50	12.50	12.50	13.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.50	4.50	4.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	8.00	8.00	9.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	8.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	7.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
District Administrators:	5.00	7.00	4.00	4.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	20.00	26.00	26.00	24.00	21.00	22.00	25.00
School Administrators:	11.63	11.16	12.00	12.00	13.00	11.50	7.00
School Administrative Support:	21.00	19.00	19.00	22.00	20.50	22.50	23.50
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	13.76	10.25	15.42	15.80	8.50
Other Support Services:	102.00	NA	109.00	115.00	106.50	98.50	95.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.63	16.63	15.17	14.80	14.60	14.85	15.14

Schools

George Wolf Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	300 Allen St, Bath PA 18014
Lehigh Twp Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	800 Blue Mountain Dr, Walnutport PA 18088
Moore Twp Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2835 Mountain View Dr, Bath PA 18014
Northampton Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1619 Laubach Ave, Northampton PA 18067
Northampton Borough Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1677 Lincoln Ave, Northampton PA 18067
Northampton Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1617 Laubach Ave, Northampton PA 18067

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.2%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.2%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.7%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.7%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.3%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.9%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.4%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.3%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$84,968,000	$15,329		$84,906,000	$15,076		$82,656,000	$14,763
Federal:	$1,674,000	$302	2.0%	$4,111,000	$730	4.8%	$3,011,000	$538	3.6%
State:	$23,714,000	$4,278	27.9%	$22,360,000	$3,970	26.3%	$22,945,000	$4,098	27.8%
Local:	$59,580,000	$10,749	70.1%	$58,435,000	$10,376	68.8%	$56,700,000	$10,127	68.6%
Total Expenditures:	$78,620,000	$14,184		$75,737,000	$13,448		$76,596,000	$13,680
Total Current Expenditures:	$64,289,000	$11,598		$63,336,000	$11,246		$61,270,000	$10,943
Instructional Expenditures:	$38,044,000	$6,863	59.2%	$37,704,000	$6,695	59.5%	$36,442,000	$6,509	59.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,549,000	$821	7.1%	$4,174,000	$741	6.6%	$4,067,000	$726	6.6%
Administration:	$6,191,000	$1,117	9.6%	$6,044,000	$1,073	9.5%	$6,090,000	$1,088	9.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$15,505,000	$2,797	24.1%	$15,414,000	$2,737	24.3%	$14,671,000	$2,620	23.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,220,000	$581		$1,606,000	$285		$4,486,000	$801
Construction:	$1,949,000	$352		$658,000	$117		$3,339,000	$596
Total Other:	$943,000	$170		$965,000	$171		$967,000	$173
Interest on Debt:	$2,642,000	$477		$3,061,000	$544		$3,138,000	$560

Total Salary:	$36,363,000	$6,560		$36,207,000	$6,429		$35,139,000	$6,276
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$26,163,000	$4,720	71.9%	$26,180,000	$4,648	72.3%	$25,122,000	$4,487	71.5%
Other Salary:	$10,200,000	$1,840	28.1%	$10,027,000	$1,780	27.7%	$10,017,000	$1,789	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$14,672,000	$2,647		$13,187,000	$2,341		$12,577,000	$2,246
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$10,647,000	$1,921	72.6%	$9,691,000	$1,721	73.5%	$9,274,000	$1,656	73.7%
Other Benefit:	$4,025,000	$726	27.4%	$3,496,000	$621	26.5%	$3,303,000	$590	26.3%

* Northampton Area School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.