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Penns Valley Area School District

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Penns Valley Area School District is located close to the center of Pennsylvania. Penns Valley Area School District has 255.85 square miles of land area and 0.16 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Penns Valley Area School District population is 13,087. Penns Valley Area School District median household income is $49,038 in 2010-2014. Penns Valley Area School District median house value is $169,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Penns Valley Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (157 out of 496, top 32%) Elementary/Middle School: (175 out of 498, top 35%)* Rank: #160
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	13,087 (2010-2014), rank #309
Population Growth	14.46% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	51.12/sq mi, rank #450
Median Household Income:	$49,038 at 2010-2014—0.83% increase since 2005-2009, rank #283
Median House Price:	$169,100 at 2010-2014—6.96% increase since 2005-2009, rank #161
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	255.85 sq mi, rank #33
Water Area:	0.16 sq mi (0.06%), rank #370
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Centre County
City:	Spring Mills, Centre Hall, Coburn, Millheim, Rebersburg, Madisonburg, Howard, Woodward, Aaronsburg
Zip:	16875, 16828, 16832, 16854, 16872, 16852, 16841, 16882, 16820
Area:	State College, PA

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Penns Valley Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

4528 Penns Valley Rd

Spring Mills PA, 16875, Centre County

Phone: 814-422-2000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,488	1,484	1,460	1,459	1,459	1,496	1,617
English Language Learner Students:	5	6	6	4	2	6	8
Total Teachers:	103.00	100.00	102.00	104.00	109.58	115.30	111.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary:	37.95	35.95	37.95	37.15	40.03	41.00	40.90
Secondary:	50.50	50.50	50.50	52.10	53.00	55.80	51.50
Ungraded:	8.55	7.55	7.55	8.75	11.55	13.50	13.60
Total Other Staff:	79.00	91.00	92.00	93.00	89.00	94.30	93.00
Instructional Aides:	31.00	39.00	39.00	40.00	34.00	39.50	41.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.80	5.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Student Support Services:	NA	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	21.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	26.00	24.00	23.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.45	14.84	14.31	14.03	13.31	12.97	14.57

Schools

Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	211 North Hoffer St, Centre Hall PA 16828
Miles Township Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	80 Town Ln Rd, Rebersburg PA 16872
Penns Valley Area El And Intrmd School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	4528 Penns Valley Rd, Spring Mills PA 16875
Penns Valley Area Jshs	Grade 7 to Grade 12	4545 Penns Valley Rd, Spring Mills PA 16875

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	82.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	91.2%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.8%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	49.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.1%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.8%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$23,781,000	$16,288		$23,787,000	$16,304		$23,135,000	$15,857
Federal:	$1,151,000	$788	4.8%	$1,975,000	$1,354	8.3%	$2,175,000	$1,491	9.4%
State:	$8,123,000	$5,564	34.2%	$7,804,000	$5,349	32.8%	$7,908,000	$5,420	34.2%
Local:	$14,507,000	$9,936	61.0%	$14,008,000	$9,601	58.9%	$13,052,000	$8,946	56.4%
Total Expenditures:	$20,664,000	$14,153		$23,195,000	$15,898		$21,079,000	$14,448
Total Current Expenditures:	$17,022,000	$11,659		$17,124,000	$11,737		$17,548,000	$12,027
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,964,000	$6,825	58.5%	$9,916,000	$6,796	57.9%	$10,562,000	$7,239	60.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,790,000	$1,226	10.5%	$1,850,000	$1,268	10.8%	$1,680,000	$1,151	9.6%
Administration:	$1,450,000	$993	8.5%	$1,455,000	$997	8.5%	$1,367,000	$937	7.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,818,000	$2,615	22.4%	$3,903,000	$2,675	22.8%	$3,939,000	$2,700	22.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$827,000	$566		$3,232,000	$2,215		$291,000	$199
Construction:	$750,000	$514		$2,943,000	$2,017		$45,000	$31
Total Other:	$31,000	$21		$33,000	$23		$40,000	$27
Interest on Debt:	$997,000	$683		$924,000	$633		$1,072,000	$735

Total Salary:	$9,065,000	$6,209		$9,183,000	$6,294		$9,290,000	$6,367
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,423,000	$4,399	70.9%	$6,573,000	$4,505	71.6%	$6,741,000	$4,620	72.6%
Other Salary:	$2,642,000	$1,810	29.1%	$2,610,000	$1,789	28.4%	$2,549,000	$1,747	27.4%
Total Benefit:	$3,226,000	$2,210		$2,939,000	$2,014		$2,721,000	$1,865
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,308,000	$1,581	71.5%	$2,085,000	$1,429	70.9%	$1,936,000	$1,327	71.2%
Other Benefit:	$918,000	$629	28.5%	$854,000	$585	29.1%	$785,000	$538	28.8%

* Penns Valley Area School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.