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Colonial School District

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Colonial School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Colonial School District has 23.98 square miles of land area and 0.28 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Colonial School District population is 41,997. Colonial School District median household income is $87,981 in 2010-2014. Colonial School District median house value is $320,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Colonial School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (89 out of 496, top 18%) Elementary/Middle School: (12 out of 498, top 2%)* Rank: #49
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	41,997 (2010-2014), rank #55
Population Growth	-0.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,731.42/sq mi, rank #87
Median Household Income:	$87,981 at 2010-2014—17.31% increase since 2005-2009, rank #26
Median House Price:	$320,800 at 2010-2014—4.12% increase since 2005-2009, rank #22
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	23.98 sq mi, rank #371
Water Area:	0.28 sq mi (1.13%), rank #310
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Montgomery County
City:	Conshohocken, Lafayette Hill, Flourtown, Plymouth Meeting, Ambler, Fort Washington, Blue Bell
Zip:	19428, 19444, 19031, 19462, 19002, 19034, 19422
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Colonial School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

230 Flourtown Rd

Plymouth Meeting PA, 19462, Montgomery County

Phone: 610-834-1670

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,674	4,690	4,698	4,662	4,671	4,724	4,713
English Language Learner Students:	79	92	67	58	59	62	71
Total Teachers:	363.41	356.60	360.44	362.50	366.77	368.70	383.10
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	13.00	13.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	15.00	13.00
Elementary:	181.90	176.75	178.70	180.30	182.90	182.20	195.90
Secondary:	160.51	162.60	164.24	164.50	166.77	166.90	169.20
Ungraded:	8.00	4.25	3.50	3.70	3.10	4.60	5.00
Total Other Staff:	338.00	366.50	368.40	383.40	375.40	377.40	338.00
Instructional Aides:	70.00	71.00	71.00	75.00	83.50	81.00	82.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	14.00	14.00	14.00	15.00	16.00	15.00	14.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	8.00	7.00	6.90	6.90	6.90	6.90	8.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	4.00
District Administrators:	9.00	11.00	10.00	11.00	11.00	10.00	8.00
District Administrative Support:	23.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	26.50	27.50	19.50
School Administrators:	14.00	12.50	13.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	16.00
School Administrative Support:	35.00	33.00	33.00	38.00	29.50	31.50	32.00
Student Support Services:	NA	9.00	11.00	11.00	12.00	11.00	8.00
Other Support Services:	161.00	178.00	178.00	181.00	167.50	172.00	143.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.86	13.15	13.03	12.86	12.74	12.81	12.30

Schools

Colonial Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	230 Flourtown Rd, Plymouth Meeting PA 19462
Colonial Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	716 Belvoir Rd, Plymouth Meeting PA 19462
Conshohocken Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	3rd Ave And Harry St, Conshohocken PA 19428
Plymouth Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	542 Plymouth Rd, Plymouth Meeting PA 19462
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	201 East Germantown Pk, Plymouth Meeting PA 19462
Ridge Park Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	200 Karrs Ln, Conshohocken PA 19428
Whitemarsh Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	4120 Joshua Rd, Lafayette Hill PA 19444

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	82%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.3%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.8%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.9%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.7%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.9%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	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:	$95,626,000	$20,355		$91,194,000	$19,561		$88,350,000	$18,915
Federal:	$1,241,000	$264	1.3%	$1,977,000	$424	2.2%	$2,401,000	$514	2.7%
State:	$12,994,000	$2,766	13.6%	$12,198,000	$2,616	13.4%	$11,991,000	$2,567	13.6%
Local:	$81,391,000	$17,325	85.1%	$77,019,000	$16,521	84.5%	$73,958,000	$15,833	83.7%
Total Expenditures:	$89,738,000	$19,101		$89,676,000	$19,236		$91,931,000	$19,681
Total Current Expenditures:	$83,014,000	$17,670		$81,111,000	$17,398		$80,964,000	$17,333
Instructional Expenditures:	$54,585,000	$11,619	65.8%	$52,779,000	$11,321	65.1%	$52,700,000	$11,282	65.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$7,392,000	$1,573	8.9%	$7,317,000	$1,569	9.0%	$7,387,000	$1,581	9.1%
Administration:	$5,741,000	$1,222	6.9%	$5,525,000	$1,185	6.8%	$5,340,000	$1,143	6.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$15,296,000	$3,256	18.4%	$15,490,000	$3,323	19.1%	$15,537,000	$3,326	19.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,349,000	$287		$2,568,000	$551		$5,165,000	$1,106
Construction:	$760,000	$162		$1,377,000	$295		$4,150,000	$888
Total Other:	$120,000	$26		$128,000	$27		$127,000	$27
Interest on Debt:	$1,573,000	$335		$1,809,000	$388		$1,959,000	$419

Total Salary:	$49,077,000	$10,446		$48,714,000	$10,449		$48,736,000	$10,434
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$35,574,000	$7,572	72.5%	$35,119,000	$7,533	72.1%	$35,002,000	$7,493	71.8%
Other Salary:	$13,503,000	$2,874	27.5%	$13,595,000	$2,916	27.9%	$13,734,000	$2,940	28.2%
Total Benefit:	$17,919,000	$3,814		$15,934,000	$3,418		$15,475,000	$3,313
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$12,852,000	$2,736	71.7%	$11,258,000	$2,415	70.7%	$10,868,000	$2,327	70.2%
Other Benefit:	$5,067,000	$1,079	28.3%	$4,676,000	$1,003	29.3%	$4,607,000	$986	29.8%

* Colonial 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.