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Octorara Area School District

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Octorara Area School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Octorara Area School District has 79.41 square miles of land area and 0.38 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Octorara Area School District population is 18,010. Octorara Area School District median household income is $66,134 in 2010-2014. Octorara Area School District median house value is $227,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Octorara Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (396 out of 496, bottom 20%) Elementary/Middle School: (288 out of 498, bottom 42%)* Rank: #353
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	18,010 (2010-2014), rank #235
Population Growth	0.74% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	225.71/sq mi, rank #290
Median Household Income:	$66,134 at 2010-2014—8.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #95
Median House Price:	$227,000 at 2010-2014—0.93% increase since 2005-2009, rank #66
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	79.41 sq mi, rank #200
Water Area:	0.38 sq mi (0.47%), rank #281
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lancaster County, Chester County
City:	Christiana, Atglen, Kinzers, Paradise, Gap, Parkesburg, Cochranville, Coatesville
Zip:	17509, 19310, 17535, 17562, 17527, 19365, 19330, 19320
Area:	Lancaster, PA;Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Octorara Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

228 Highland Rd

Atglen PA, 19310, Chester County

Phone: 610-593-8238

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,509	2,508	2,583	2,581	2,616	2,714	2,657
English Language Learner Students:	57	53	48	63	45	36	30
Total Teachers:	149.45	149.36	139.01	143.27	148.42	149.70	148.90
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.64	6.64	4.57	5.40	5.40	5.40	5.00
Elementary:	58.48	58.91	58.02	59.18	60.57	58.30	60.40
Secondary:	66.69	66.25	59.72	62.54	66.30	64.10	64.50
Ungraded:	17.64	17.56	16.70	16.15	16.15	21.90	19.00
Total Other Staff:	147.18	195.31	207.49	234.68	235.79	223.00	217.80
Instructional Aides:	56.00	61.00	61.00	63.00	59.00	60.50	60.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.81	5.81	6.42	6.42	7.42	8.10	8.30
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.49	2.49	2.53	3.42	3.42	3.40	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.32	3.32	3.89	3.00	4.00	4.70	5.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.88	2.05	1.84	2.84	2.84	2.80	2.70
Library/Media Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	7.00	2.00	3.00
District Administrators:	2.00	1.00	2.50	2.50	2.00	3.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	10.00	9.00	9.00	6.00	5.50	7.00	7.00
School Administrators:	9.49	10.49	10.35	12.35	12.85	11.10	11.00
School Administrative Support:	12.00	15.00	15.00	14.00	16.50	16.50	16.00
Student Support Services:	NA	35.47	45.50	53.69	56.30	50.70	53.50
Other Support Services:	45.00	49.49	49.88	67.88	65.38	60.30	53.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.79	16.79	18.58	18.01	17.63	18.13	17.84

Schools

Octorara Area Jshs	Grade 7 to Grade 12	226 Highland Rd, Atglen PA 19310
Octorara Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 4	104 Highland Rd, Atglen PA 19310
Octorara Intermediate School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	221 Highland Rd, Atglen PA 19310
Octorara Primary Lc	Kindergarten to Grade 2	87 Highland Rd, Atglen PA 19310

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.9%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.6%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.4%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$45,575,000	$17,644		$46,361,000	$17,962		$44,136,000	$16,872
Federal:	$1,913,000	$741	4.2%	$3,042,000	$1,179	6.6%	$2,818,000	$1,077	6.4%
State:	$11,592,000	$4,488	25.4%	$11,803,000	$4,573	25.5%	$11,568,000	$4,422	26.2%
Local:	$32,070,000	$12,416	70.4%	$31,516,000	$12,211	68.0%	$29,750,000	$11,372	67.4%
Total Expenditures:	$43,831,000	$16,969		$49,551,000	$19,198		$54,012,000	$20,647
Total Current Expenditures:	$32,241,000	$12,482		$33,007,000	$12,788		$33,230,000	$12,703
Instructional Expenditures:	$20,530,000	$7,948	63.7%	$21,111,000	$8,179	64.0%	$21,303,000	$8,143	64.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,241,000	$868	7.0%	$2,399,000	$929	7.3%	$2,467,000	$943	7.4%
Administration:	$3,421,000	$1,324	10.6%	$3,176,000	$1,231	9.6%	$3,331,000	$1,273	10.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,049,000	$2,342	18.8%	$6,321,000	$2,449	19.2%	$6,129,000	$2,343	18.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,115,000	$819		$7,538,000	$2,921		$13,095,000	$5,006
Construction:	$1,763,000	$683		$7,115,000	$2,757		$12,724,000	$4,864
Total Other:	$16,000	$6		$78,000	$30		$133,000	$51
Interest on Debt:	$3,045,000	$1,179		$2,885,000	$1,118		$2,554,000	$976

Total Salary:	$19,135,000	$7,408		$20,304,000	$7,867		$20,139,000	$7,698
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$14,506,000	$5,616	75.8%	$15,059,000	$5,835	74.2%	$14,842,000	$5,674	73.7%
Other Salary:	$4,629,000	$1,792	24.2%	$5,245,000	$2,032	25.8%	$5,297,000	$2,025	26.3%
Total Benefit:	$6,582,000	$2,548		$6,512,000	$2,523		$6,853,000	$2,620
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,857,000	$1,880	73.8%	$4,882,000	$1,892	75.0%	$5,126,000	$1,959	74.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,725,000	$668	26.2%	$1,630,000	$632	25.0%	$1,727,000	$660	25.2%

* Octorara Area School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.