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Portage Area School District

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Portage Area School District is located in southwest Pennsylvania. Portage Area School District has 25.07 square miles of land area and 0.10 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Portage Area School District population is 6,293. Portage Area School District median household income is $45,530 in 2010-2014. Portage Area School District median house value is $77,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Portage Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (184 out of 496, top 37%) Elementary/Middle School: (289 out of 498, bottom 42%)* Rank: #233
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	6,293 (2010-2014), rank #449
Population Growth	-3.33% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	250.01/sq mi, rank #281
Median Household Income:	$45,530 at 2010-2014—29.85% increase since 2005-2009, rank #344
Median House Price:	$77,700 at 2010-2014—16.84% increase since 2005-2009, rank #456
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	25.07 sq mi, rank #366
Water Area:	0.10 sq mi (0.39%), rank #391
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Cambria County
City:	Summerhill, Portage, Lilly, Spring Hill, Cassandra
Zip:	15958, 15946, 15938, 15925
Area:	Johnstown, PA

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Portage Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

84 Mountain Ave

Portage PA, 15946, Cambria County

Phone: 814-736-9636

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	926	924	918	934	950	956	969
English Language Learner Students:	3	3	3	2	1	1	2
Total Teachers:	65.17	65.64	64.13	65.54	65.54	64.30	63.70
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	1.37	1.64	1.64	1.60	1.60
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.60	3.60	3.60	3.60	3.60
Elementary:	31.01	31.16	29.46	30.33	30.98	30.10	28.70
Secondary:	29.16	29.48	29.70	29.97	29.32	29.00	29.10
Ungraded:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.70
Total Other Staff:	60.40	62.86	69.87	72.46	59.96	59.50	58.30
Instructional Aides:	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	4.00	4.50	4.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.31	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.90	1.90	1.90	1.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.97	1.83	1.77	1.80	1.80	1.80	1.80
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	4.43	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	2.00	2.72	2.72	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	9.38	9.76	9.76	10.00	7.70
Other Support Services:	32.00	32.00	32.00	33.00	25.50	24.30	25.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.21	14.08	14.31	14.25	14.50	14.87	15.21

Schools

Portage Area Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	84 Mountain Ave, Portage PA 15946
Portage Area Jshs		Grade 7 to Grade 12	85 Mountain Ave, Portage PA 15946

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.2%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.8%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	33.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	98.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.1%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	13.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$11,870,000	$12,930		$12,533,000	$13,419		$12,355,000	$13,005
Federal:	$718,000	$782	6.0%	$2,127,000	$2,277	17.0%	$1,792,000	$1,886	14.5%
State:	$8,395,000	$9,145	70.7%	$7,606,000	$8,143	60.7%	$7,874,000	$8,288	63.7%
Local:	$2,757,000	$3,003	23.2%	$2,800,000	$2,998	22.3%	$2,689,000	$2,831	21.8%
Total Expenditures:	$13,402,000	$14,599		$19,605,000	$20,990		$11,732,000	$12,349
Total Current Expenditures:	$10,372,000	$11,298		$10,742,000	$11,501		$10,367,000	$10,913
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,245,000	$6,803	60.2%	$6,574,000	$7,039	61.2%	$6,383,000	$6,719	61.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$822,000	$895	7.9%	$934,000	$1,000	8.7%	$986,000	$1,038	9.5%
Administration:	$1,336,000	$1,455	12.9%	$1,281,000	$1,372	11.9%	$1,226,000	$1,291	11.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,969,000	$2,145	19.0%	$1,953,000	$2,091	18.2%	$1,772,000	$1,865	17.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,949,000	$2,123		$7,612,000	$8,150		$525,000	$553
Construction:	$1,947,000	$2,121		$7,594,000	$8,131		$362,000	$381
Total Other:	$156,000	$170		$176,000	$188		$180,000	$189
Interest on Debt:	$309,000	$337		$334,000	$358		$7,000	$7

Total Salary:	$5,666,000	$6,172		$5,961,000	$6,382		$5,556,000	$5,848
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,950,000	$4,303	69.7%	$4,274,000	$4,576	71.7%	$3,929,000	$4,136	70.7%
Other Salary:	$1,716,000	$1,869	30.3%	$1,687,000	$1,806	28.3%	$1,627,000	$1,713	29.3%
Total Benefit:	$2,387,000	$2,600		$2,047,000	$2,192		$1,888,000	$1,987
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,784,000	$1,943	74.7%	$1,535,000	$1,643	75.0%	$1,420,000	$1,495	75.2%
Other Benefit:	$603,000	$657	25.3%	$512,000	$548	25.0%	$468,000	$493	24.8%

* Portage 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.