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Southern Lehigh School District

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Southern Lehigh School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Southern Lehigh School District has 45.09 square miles of land area and 0.18 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Southern Lehigh School District population is 21,459. Southern Lehigh School District median household income is $80,373 in 2010-2014. Southern Lehigh School District median house value is $277,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Southern Lehigh School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (108 out of 496, top 22%) Elementary/Middle School: (50 out of 498, top 10%)* Rank: #72
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	21,459 (2010-2014), rank #181
Population Growth	2.17% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	474.07/sq mi, rank #203
Median Household Income:	$80,373 at 2010-2014—0.32% increase since 2005-2009, rank #40
Median House Price:	$277,700 at 2010-2014—-3.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #39
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	45.09 sq mi, rank #296
Water Area:	0.18 sq mi (0.39%), rank #359
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lehigh County
City:	Center Valley, Coopersburg, Emmaus, Bethlehem, Allentown, Desales University, Zionsville, East Greenville, Quakertown
Zip:	18034, 18036, 18049, 18015, 18103, 18092, 18041, 18951
Area:	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

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Southern Lehigh School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

5775 Main St

Center Valley PA, 18034, Lehigh County

Phone: 610-282-3121

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,121	3,097	3,086	3,085	3,063	3,038	3,101
English Language Learner Students:	16	17	21	21	22	20	26
Total Teachers:	199.85	198.35	200.95	200.90	203.66	203.90	195.10
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.50
Elementary:	87.60	90.50	94.65	93.60	94.35	97.50	92.90
Secondary:	95.85	96.25	94.50	94.34	95.15	93.60	89.20
Ungraded:	11.40	7.60	7.80	7.96	9.16	7.80	7.50
Total Other Staff:	208.60	263.25	263.65	267.10	216.10	212.80	205.40
Instructional Aides:	63.00	66.00	66.00	61.00	54.00	51.50	50.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	5.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.90	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.60	1.70
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.30	4.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.60	3.60	3.60	5.00	5.00	4.70	4.80
Library/Media Support:	11.00	8.00	8.00	10.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
District Administrators:	5.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.10	6.00
District Administrative Support:	8.00	11.00	11.00	17.00	10.00	9.00	9.00
School Administrators:	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	9.30	7.50
School Administrative Support:	16.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	14.00	12.00	12.00
Student Support Services:	NA	14.65	16.05	17.10	19.10	22.60	19.90
Other Support Services:	88.00	123.00	123.00	118.00	82.00	80.70	81.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.62	15.61	15.36	15.36	15.04	14.90	15.89

Schools

Hopewell Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	4625 West Hopewell Rd, Center Valley PA 18034
Liberty Bell Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	960 West Oxford St, Coopersburg PA 18036
Lower Milford Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	7350 Elementary Rd, Coopersburg PA 18036
Southern Lehigh Intermediate School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	5438 Route 378, Bethlehem PA 18015
Southern Lehigh Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	3715 Preston Ln, Center Valley PA 18034
Southern Lehigh Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	5800 Main St, Center Valley PA 18034

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.9%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.9%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.9%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.2%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.2%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.6%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.5%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	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:	$52,562,000	$17,032		$51,097,000	$16,563		$50,198,000	$16,389
Federal:	$418,000	$135	0.8%	$1,203,000	$390	2.4%	$1,445,000	$472	2.9%
State:	$10,237,000	$3,317	19.5%	$9,392,000	$3,044	18.4%	$9,200,000	$3,004	18.3%
Local:	$41,907,000	$13,580	79.7%	$40,502,000	$13,129	79.3%	$39,553,000	$12,913	78.8%
Total Expenditures:	$49,393,000	$16,006		$48,400,000	$15,689		$47,109,000	$15,380
Total Current Expenditures:	$41,164,000	$13,339		$39,953,000	$12,951		$38,373,000	$12,528
Instructional Expenditures:	$23,479,000	$7,608	57.0%	$22,109,000	$7,167	55.3%	$21,158,000	$6,908	55.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,775,000	$1,223	9.2%	$3,871,000	$1,255	9.7%	$3,841,000	$1,254	10.0%
Administration:	$4,248,000	$1,377	10.3%	$4,553,000	$1,476	11.4%	$4,277,000	$1,396	11.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$9,662,000	$3,131	23.5%	$9,420,000	$3,053	23.6%	$9,097,000	$2,970	23.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,148,000	$372		$1,342,000	$435		$2,024,000	$661
Construction:	$711,000	$230		$254,000	$82		$682,000	$223
Total Other:	$432,000	$140		$433,000	$140		$427,000	$139
Interest on Debt:	$3,081,000	$998		$3,112,000	$1,009		$3,350,000	$1,094

Total Salary:	$22,971,000	$7,444		$23,025,000	$7,464		$22,442,000	$7,327
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$15,647,000	$5,070	68.1%	$15,222,000	$4,934	66.1%	$14,885,000	$4,860	66.3%
Other Salary:	$7,324,000	$2,373	31.9%	$7,803,000	$2,529	33.9%	$7,557,000	$2,467	33.7%
Total Benefit:	$9,166,000	$2,970		$8,087,000	$2,621		$7,117,000	$2,324
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,190,000	$2,006	67.5%	$5,360,000	$1,737	66.3%	$4,867,000	$1,589	68.4%
Other Benefit:	$2,976,000	$964	32.5%	$2,727,000	$884	33.7%	$2,250,000	$735	31.6%

* Southern Lehigh 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.