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Palisades School District

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Palisades School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Palisades School District has 99.18 square miles of land area and 1.77 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Palisades School District population is 14,904. Palisades School District median household income is $69,021 in 2010-2014. Palisades School District median house value is $353,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Palisades School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (43 out of 496, top 9%) Elementary/Middle School: (71 out of 498, top 14%)* Rank: #58
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	14,904 (2010-2014), rank #277
Population Growth	-1.11% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	147.64/sq mi, rank #334
Median Household Income:	$69,021 at 2010-2014—2.21% increase since 2005-2009, rank #76
Median House Price:	$353,000 at 2010-2014—-4.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #18
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	99.18 sq mi, rank #154
Water Area:	1.77 sq mi (1.75%), rank #85
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Bucks County
City:	Pipersville, Ottsville, Erwinna, Upper Black Eddy, Point Pleasant, Richlandtown, Coopersburg, Quakertown, Hellertown, Kintnersville, Riegelsville, Springtown
Zip:	18947, 18942, 18920, 18972, 18950, 18955, 18036, 18951, 18055, 18930, 18077, 18081
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Palisades School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

39 Thomas Free Dr

Kintnersville PA, 18930, Bucks County

Phone: 610-847-5131

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,754	1,758	1,810	1,901	1,897	2,000	2,065
English Language Learner Students:	10	7	12	9	8	6	5
Total Teachers:	137.57	143.45	135.73	134.21	143.29	146.00	148.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	4.65	4.28	4.79	4.43	4.77	4.70	4.80
Elementary:	54.41	55.61	56.14	55.14	57.11	59.50	59.80
Secondary:	70.05	77.19	69.13	69.20	75.31	77.50	81.50
Ungraded:	8.46	6.37	5.67	5.44	6.10	4.30	2.30
Total Other Staff:	141.55	154.38	153.10	152.43	148.17	146.10	147.50
Instructional Aides:	48.00	46.00	46.00	45.00	48.00	46.00	48.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.50	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	5.90	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.84	3.34	3.34	3.34	3.34	3.30	2.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.66	2.66	1.66	2.66	2.66	2.60	2.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.05	3.38	3.30	3.43	3.50	3.50	3.50
Library/Media Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	3.00
District Administrators:	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00
District Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.50	7.50	7.00
School Administrators:	7.00	6.83	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
Student Support Services:	NA	9.17	9.80	7.00	7.17	7.20	7.00
Other Support Services:	52.00	54.00	54.00	53.00	46.00	45.00	45.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.75	12.26	13.34	14.16	13.24	13.70	13.92

Schools

Durham-Nockamixon Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	41 Thomas Free Dr, Kintnersville PA 18930
Palisades High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	35 Church Hill Rd, Kintnersville PA 18930
Palisades Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	4710 Durham Rd, Kintnersville PA 18930
Springfield Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1950 Route 212, Quakertown PA 18951
Tinicum Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	162 East Dark Hollow Rd, Pipersville PA 18947

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	80%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.8%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.3%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.8%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.1%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$38,073,000	$21,035		$38,470,000	$20,237		$37,656,000	$19,850
Federal:	$322,000	$178	0.8%	$844,000	$444	2.2%	$658,000	$347	1.7%
State:	$7,210,000	$3,983	18.9%	$6,855,000	$3,606	17.8%	$6,985,000	$3,682	18.5%
Local:	$30,541,000	$16,873	80.2%	$30,771,000	$16,187	80.0%	$30,013,000	$15,821	79.7%
Total Expenditures:	$32,823,000	$18,134		$35,343,000	$18,592		$38,827,000	$20,468
Total Current Expenditures:	$28,381,000	$15,680		$28,109,000	$14,786		$28,029,000	$14,775
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,104,000	$8,897	56.7%	$15,813,000	$8,318	56.3%	$16,209,000	$8,545	57.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,340,000	$1,293	8.2%	$2,512,000	$1,321	8.9%	$2,573,000	$1,356	9.2%
Administration:	$4,074,000	$2,251	14.4%	$4,033,000	$2,122	14.3%	$3,721,000	$1,962	13.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,863,000	$3,239	20.7%	$5,751,000	$3,025	20.5%	$5,526,000	$2,913	19.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$383,000	$212		$3,020,000	$1,589		$6,715,000	$3,540
Construction:	$64,000	$35		$2,733,000	$1,438		$6,359,000	$3,352
Total Other:	$67,000	$37		$89,000	$47		$95,000	$50
Interest on Debt:	$891,000	$492		$921,000	$484		$895,000	$472

Total Salary:	$17,251,000	$9,531		$17,501,000	$9,206		$17,286,000	$9,112
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$11,370,000	$6,282	65.9%	$11,350,000	$5,971	64.9%	$11,402,000	$6,011	66.0%
Other Salary:	$5,881,000	$3,249	34.1%	$6,151,000	$3,236	35.1%	$5,884,000	$3,102	34.0%
Total Benefit:	$5,847,000	$3,230		$5,180,000	$2,725		$4,865,000	$2,565
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,682,000	$2,034	63.0%	$3,320,000	$1,746	64.1%	$3,167,000	$1,669	65.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,165,000	$1,196	37.0%	$1,860,000	$978	35.9%	$1,698,000	$895	34.9%

* Palisades School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.