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South Western School District

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South Western School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. South Western School District has 53.92 square miles of land area and 1.78 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total South Western School District population is 27,084. South Western School District median household income is $69,287 in 2010-2014. South Western School District median house value is $195,000 in 2010-2014. On average, South Western School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (181 out of 496, top 36%) Elementary/Middle School: (216 out of 498, top 43%)* Rank: #195
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	27,084 (2010-2014), rank #130
Population Growth	2.74% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	486.19/sq mi, rank #200
Median Household Income:	$69,287 at 2010-2014—6.68% increase since 2005-2009, rank #75
Median House Price:	$195,000 at 2010-2014—-4.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #106
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	53.92 sq mi, rank #272
Water Area:	1.78 sq mi (3.20%), rank #81
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	York County
City:	Hanover, Glenville, Pennville, Parkville, Spring Grove, Glen Rock
Zip:	17331, 17329, 17362, 17327
Area:	York-Hanover, PA

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South Western School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

225 Bowman Rd

Hanover PA, 17331, York County

Phone: 717-632-2500

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,108	4,026	4,058	4,097	4,045	4,080	4,073
English Language Learner Students:	33	33	33	34	38	29	28
Total Teachers:	267.78	267.34	264.32	269.60	264.90	263.20	266.20
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.48	8.00	8.48	8.48	10.00	9.40	10.00
Elementary:	125.39	124.89	123.68	123.43	117.05	115.10	111.30
Secondary:	129.41	129.95	127.66	132.71	132.87	132.00	131.50
Ungraded:	3.50	4.50	4.50	4.98	4.98	6.70	13.40
Total Other Staff:	295.88	319.18	316.00	311.06	231.79	229.90	225.70
Instructional Aides:	73.00	66.00	66.00	63.00	31.00	29.50	30.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	3.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	12.50	11.50	11.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.48	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.26	5.20	6.00
Library/Media Support:	6.00	9.00	9.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
School Administrators:	7.90	8.00	10.00	10.00	11.81	9.70	8.80
School Administrative Support:	22.00	21.00	21.00	20.00	17.00	17.00	16.00
Student Support Services:	NA	11.18	7.00	7.06	7.22	8.00	6.90
Other Support Services:	154.00	168.00	168.00	168.00	121.00	123.00	121.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.34	15.06	15.35	15.20	15.27	15.50	15.30

Schools

Baresville Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	135 Sanford Ave, Hanover PA 17331
Manheim Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	5778 Blooming Grove Rd, Glenville PA 17329
Markle Intrmd School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	225 Bowman Rd, Hanover PA 17331
Park Hills Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	137 West Granger St, Hanover PA 17331
South Western Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	200 Bowman Rd, Hanover PA 17331
West Manheim Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2000 Baltimore Pk, Hanover PA 17331

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.1%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.6%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.5%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.7%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.4%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.6%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.8%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$54,541,000	$13,440		$54,059,000	$13,195		$52,331,000	$12,937
Federal:	$1,923,000	$474	3.5%	$3,592,000	$877	6.6%	$3,124,000	$772	6.0%
State:	$17,329,000	$4,270	31.8%	$15,930,000	$3,888	29.5%	$15,859,000	$3,921	30.3%
Local:	$35,289,000	$8,696	64.7%	$34,537,000	$8,430	63.9%	$33,348,000	$8,244	63.7%
Total Expenditures:	$50,096,000	$12,345		$50,522,000	$12,331		$55,525,000	$13,727
Total Current Expenditures:	$44,461,000	$10,956		$42,258,000	$10,314		$41,145,000	$10,172
Instructional Expenditures:	$28,479,000	$7,018	64.1%	$26,878,000	$6,560	63.6%	$25,484,000	$6,300	61.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,371,000	$1,077	9.8%	$4,125,000	$1,007	9.8%	$4,327,000	$1,070	10.5%
Administration:	$3,999,000	$985	9.0%	$3,756,000	$917	8.9%	$4,031,000	$997	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,612,000	$1,876	17.1%	$7,499,000	$1,830	17.7%	$7,303,000	$1,805	17.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$929,000	$229		$3,624,000	$885		$9,603,000	$2,374
Construction:	$509,000	$125		$2,925,000	$714		$8,356,000	$2,066
Total Other:	$77,000	$19		$69,000	$17		$88,000	$22
Interest on Debt:	$944,000	$233		$1,073,000	$262		$1,140,000	$282

Total Salary:	$27,476,000	$6,771		$26,817,000	$6,546		$25,763,000	$6,369
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$19,668,000	$4,847	71.6%	$19,175,000	$4,680	71.5%	$18,097,000	$4,474	70.2%
Other Salary:	$7,808,000	$1,924	28.4%	$7,642,000	$1,865	28.5%	$7,666,000	$1,895	29.8%
Total Benefit:	$11,065,000	$2,727		$9,465,000	$2,310		$8,924,000	$2,206
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$7,119,000	$1,754	64.3%	$6,093,000	$1,487	64.4%	$5,495,000	$1,358	61.6%
Other Benefit:	$3,946,000	$972	35.7%	$3,372,000	$823	35.6%	$3,429,000	$848	38.4%

* South Western 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.