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Union Area School District

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Union Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Union Area School District has 11.75 square miles of land area and 0.21 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Union Area School District population is 5,521. Union Area School District median household income is $41,071 in 2010-2014. Union Area School District median house value is $77,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Union Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (291 out of 496, bottom 41%) Elementary/Middle School: (269 out of 498, bottom 46%)* Rank: #281
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	5,521 (2010-2014), rank #466
Population Growth	1.73% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	461.91/sq mi, rank #206
Median Household Income:	$41,071 at 2010-2014—-1.75% increase since 2005-2009, rank #422
Median House Price:	$77,200 at 2010-2014—-2.53% increase since 2005-2009, rank #458
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	11.75 sq mi, rank #433
Water Area:	0.21 sq mi (1.73%), rank #349
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lawrence County
City:	New Castle, Edinburg, Oakwood, Oakland CDP
Zip:	16101, 16116
Area:	New Castle, PA

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Union Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2106 Camden Ave

New Castle PA, 16101, Lawrence County

Phone: 724-658-4775

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	793	808	817	832	845	876	887
English Language Learner Students:	1	1	2	1	1	1	0
Total Teachers:	54.50	52.50	54.50	60.50	58.50	59.20	60.50
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	23.60	22.60	22.00	25.00	24.50	25.00	23.50
Secondary:	24.65	25.65	27.25	30.50	29.00	29.20	32.00
Ungraded:	3.25	1.25	1.25	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Other Staff:	56.00	62.00	62.00	68.00	68.00	66.20	57.50
Instructional Aides:	10.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	14.00	15.00	11.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.50	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:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.20	2.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.50	4.50
Student Support Services:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	32.00	33.00	33.00	35.00	34.00	32.50	28.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.55	15.39	14.99	13.75	14.44	14.80	14.66

Schools

Union Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2106 Camden Ave, New Castle PA 16101
Union Area Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	2106 Camden Ave, New Castle PA 16101
Union Memorial Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	500 South Scotland Ln, New Castle PA 16101

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.1%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.6%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25.4%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.8%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	100%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.8%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.1%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.9%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$10,474,000	$12,820		$10,750,000	$12,921		$10,601,000	$12,546
Federal:	$212,000	$259	2.0%	$1,089,000	$1,309	10.1%	$784,000	$928	7.4%
State:	$6,196,000	$7,584	59.2%	$5,635,000	$6,773	52.4%	$5,767,000	$6,825	54.4%
Local:	$4,066,000	$4,977	38.8%	$4,026,000	$4,839	37.5%	$4,050,000	$4,793	38.2%
Total Expenditures:	$9,495,000	$11,622		$10,082,000	$12,118		$9,654,000	$11,425
Total Current Expenditures:	$8,520,000	$10,428		$8,738,000	$10,502		$8,486,000	$10,043
Instructional Expenditures:	$5,332,000	$6,526	62.6%	$5,371,000	$6,456	61.5%	$5,194,000	$6,147	61.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$626,000	$766	7.3%	$650,000	$781	7.4%	$686,000	$812	8.1%
Administration:	$857,000	$1,049	10.1%	$970,000	$1,166	11.1%	$1,009,000	$1,194	11.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,705,000	$2,087	20.0%	$1,747,000	$2,100	20.0%	$1,597,000	$1,890	18.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$99,000	$121		$121,000	$145		$183,000	$217
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$103,000	$126		$9,000	$11		$10,000	$12
Interest on Debt:	$61,000	$75		$71,000	$85		$45,000	$53

Total Salary:	$4,805,000	$5,881		$5,134,000	$6,171		$5,251,000	$6,214
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,341,000	$4,089	69.5%	$3,460,000	$4,159	67.4%	$3,541,000	$4,191	67.4%
Other Salary:	$1,464,000	$1,792	30.5%	$1,674,000	$2,012	32.6%	$1,710,000	$2,024	32.6%
Total Benefit:	$2,199,000	$2,692		$2,047,000	$2,460		$1,882,000	$2,227
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,466,000	$1,794	66.7%	$1,361,000	$1,636	66.5%	$1,252,000	$1,482	66.5%
Other Benefit:	$733,000	$897	33.3%	$686,000	$825	33.5%	$630,000	$746	33.5%

* Union 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.