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Ridgway Area School District

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Ridgway Area School District is located in northwest Pennsylvania. Ridgway Area School District has 182.93 square miles of land area and 1.28 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ridgway Area School District population is 6,679. Ridgway Area School District median household income is $42,853 in 2010-2014. Ridgway Area School District median house value is $76,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Ridgway Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (273 out of 496, bottom 45%) Elementary/Middle School: (291 out of 498, bottom 42%)* Rank: #282
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	6,679 (2010-2014), rank #441
Population Growth	-5.17% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	36.26/sq mi, rank #475
Median Household Income:	$42,853 at 2010-2014—12.15% increase since 2005-2009, rank #398
Median House Price:	$76,500 at 2010-2014—5.52% increase since 2005-2009, rank #460
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	182.93 sq mi, rank #66
Water Area:	1.28 sq mi (0.69%), rank #114
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Elk County
City:	Ridgway, Sigel, Kersey, Johnsonburg, Brockport
Zip:	15853, 15860, 15846, 15845, 15823
Area:	St. Marys, PA

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Ridgway Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

62 School Dr

Ridgway PA, 15853, Elk County

Phone: 814-773-3146

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	862	913	969	996	992	997	1,023
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	2	2	2	3
Total Teachers:	66.74	71.25	74.10	76.70	79.32	81.20	79.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	4.00	5.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	3.00
Elementary:	26.79	26.40	28.17	31.45	31.50	30.50	31.30
Secondary:	27.67	32.30	35.43	37.25	39.42	40.40	40.40
Ungraded:	8.28	7.55	7.50	5.00	4.40	6.30	4.80
Total Other Staff:	58.64	65.75	65.90	69.30	63.18	63.60	65.10
Instructional Aides:	15.00	15.00	15.00	17.00	15.50	15.00	16.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.60	1.35	1.30	1.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
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:	0.64	0.75	1.90	1.90	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Student Support Services:	NA	3.00	2.00	2.80	2.33	2.30	3.40
Other Support Services:	25.00	28.00	28.00	27.00	23.00	23.00	24.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.92	12.81	13.08	12.99	12.51	12.28	12.87

Schools

Francis S Grandinetti Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	62 School Dr, Ridgway PA 15853
Ridgway Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1403 Hill St, Ridgway PA 15853
Ridgway Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1403 Hill St, Ridgway PA 15853

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.1%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.1%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.2%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.1%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	4.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.1%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.1%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	40.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	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:	$12,399,000	$12,796		$12,812,000	$12,863		$12,478,000	$12,579
Federal:	$588,000	$607	4.7%	$1,604,000	$1,610	12.5%	$1,192,000	$1,202	9.6%
State:	$6,985,000	$7,208	56.3%	$6,412,000	$6,438	50.0%	$6,614,000	$6,667	53.0%
Local:	$4,826,000	$4,980	38.9%	$4,796,000	$4,815	37.4%	$4,672,000	$4,710	37.4%
Total Expenditures:	$12,145,000	$12,534		$12,413,000	$12,463		$12,196,000	$12,294
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,814,000	$12,192		$12,169,000	$12,218		$11,966,000	$12,063
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,141,000	$7,369	60.4%	$7,399,000	$7,429	60.8%	$7,457,000	$7,517	62.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,126,000	$1,162	9.5%	$1,047,000	$1,051	8.6%	$1,015,000	$1,023	8.5%
Administration:	$1,137,000	$1,173	9.6%	$1,270,000	$1,275	10.4%	$1,124,000	$1,133	9.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,410,000	$2,487	20.4%	$2,453,000	$2,463	20.2%	$2,370,000	$2,389	19.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$163,000	$168		$27,000	$27		$26,000	$26
Construction:	$127,000	$131		$21,000	$21		$0	$0
Total Other:	$25,000	$26		$14,000	$14		$65,000	$66
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$6,481,000	$6,688		$6,674,000	$6,701		$6,598,000	$6,651
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,444,000	$4,586	68.6%	$4,649,000	$4,668	69.7%	$4,649,000	$4,686	70.5%
Other Salary:	$2,037,000	$2,102	31.4%	$2,025,000	$2,033	30.3%	$1,949,000	$1,965	29.5%
Total Benefit:	$2,506,000	$2,586		$2,811,000	$2,822		$2,380,000	$2,399
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,590,000	$1,641	63.4%	$1,823,000	$1,830	64.9%	$1,541,000	$1,553	64.7%
Other Benefit:	$916,000	$945	36.6%	$988,000	$992	35.1%	$839,000	$846	35.3%

* Ridgway Area School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.