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Shamokin Area School District

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Shamokin Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Shamokin Area School District has 70.11 square miles of land area and 0.46 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Shamokin Area School District population is 20,929. Shamokin Area School District median household income is $36,745 in 2010-2014. Shamokin Area School District median house value is $64,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Shamokin Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (271 out of 496, bottom 45%) Elementary/Middle School: (389 out of 498, bottom 22%)* Rank: #338
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	20,929 (2010-2014), rank #190
Population Growth	2.79% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	296.56/sq mi, rank #259
Median Household Income:	$36,745 at 2010-2014—15.79% increase since 2005-2009, rank #470
Median House Price:	$64,200 at 2010-2014—18.89% increase since 2005-2009, rank #484
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	70.11 sq mi, rank #229
Water Area:	0.46 sq mi (0.66%), rank #260
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Northumberland County
City:	Shamokin, Paxinos, Sunbury, Danville, Coal Township, Tharptown, Ranshaw, Marshallton, Fairview-Ferndale, Edgewood CDP
Zip:	17872, 17860, 17801, 17821, 17866
Area:	Sunbury, PA

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Shamokin Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2000 West State St

Coal Township PA, 17866, Northumberland County

Phone: 570-648-5752

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,522	2,344	2,447	2,578	2,445	2,398	2,529
English Language Learner Students:	8	9	9	11	14	16	1
Total Teachers:	180.45	149.01	161.00	167.25	167.25	175.40	194.60
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	8.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	12.00	10.00	11.00
Elementary:	70.65	64.71	74.45	75.95	71.95	70.90	77.00
Secondary:	79.30	56.80	66.05	67.30	69.30	80.50	91.60
Ungraded:	20.50	16.50	8.50	10.00	10.00	10.00	11.00
Total Other Staff:	89.00	132.50	135.00	151.75	147.25	130.20	125.80
Instructional Aides:	28.00	34.00	34.00	39.00	40.50	38.00	19.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	2.00	1.75	1.75	1.70	2.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	2.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	3.50	3.50	3.00
District Administrators:	3.00	4.50	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	18.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.50	18.50	17.50
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	5.00
Other Support Services:	28.00	59.00	60.00	68.00	61.00	51.50	59.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.98	15.73	15.20	15.41	14.62	13.67	13.00

Schools

Shamokin Area Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	3000 West State St, Coal Township PA 17866
Shamokin Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2000 West State St, Coal Township PA 17866
Shamokin Area Intermediate School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	3000 West State St, Coal Township PA 17866
Shamokin Area Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	2000 West State St, Coal Township PA 17866

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.5%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.4%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.1%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.9%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.9%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	26.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.2%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.6%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$30,317,000	$12,389		$30,113,000	$11,681		$30,409,000	$12,437
Federal:	$2,937,000	$1,200	9.7%	$4,438,000	$1,721	14.7%	$4,247,000	$1,737	14.0%
State:	$16,503,000	$6,744	54.4%	$15,502,000	$6,013	51.5%	$15,854,000	$6,484	52.1%
Local:	$10,877,000	$4,445	35.9%	$10,173,000	$3,946	33.8%	$10,308,000	$4,216	33.9%
Total Expenditures:	$32,344,000	$13,218		$31,876,000	$12,365		$31,835,000	$13,020
Total Current Expenditures:	$28,223,000	$11,534		$28,008,000	$10,864		$27,770,000	$11,358
Instructional Expenditures:	$19,202,000	$7,847	68.0%	$18,254,000	$7,081	65.2%	$18,203,000	$7,445	65.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,574,000	$643	5.6%	$1,707,000	$662	6.1%	$1,610,000	$658	5.8%
Administration:	$2,208,000	$902	7.8%	$2,425,000	$941	8.7%	$2,326,000	$951	8.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,239,000	$2,141	18.6%	$5,622,000	$2,181	20.1%	$5,631,000	$2,303	20.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$424,000	$173		$432,000	$168		$584,000	$239
Construction:	$366,000	$150		$115,000	$45		$0	$0
Total Other:	$359,000	$147		$268,000	$104		$344,000	$141
Interest on Debt:	$77,000	$31		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$11,950,000	$4,884		$12,597,000	$4,886		$12,162,000	$4,974
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,175,000	$3,341	68.4%	$8,523,000	$3,306	67.7%	$8,181,000	$3,346	67.3%
Other Salary:	$3,775,000	$1,543	31.6%	$4,074,000	$1,580	32.3%	$3,981,000	$1,628	32.7%
Total Benefit:	$5,965,000	$2,438		$6,298,000	$2,443		$5,425,000	$2,219
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,219,000	$1,724	70.7%	$4,383,000	$1,700	69.6%	$3,611,000	$1,477	66.6%
Other Benefit:	$1,746,000	$714	29.3%	$1,915,000	$743	30.4%	$1,814,000	$742	33.4%

* Shamokin Area School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.