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Upper Merion Area School District

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Upper Merion Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Upper Merion Area School District has 18.47 square miles of land area and 0.41 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Upper Merion Area School District population is 34,464. Upper Merion Area School District median household income is $76,571 in 2010-2014. Upper Merion Area School District median house value is $298,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Upper Merion Area School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (103 out of 496, top 21%) Elementary/Middle School: (73 out of 498, top 15%)* Rank: #83
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	34,464 (2010-2014), rank #83
Population Growth	6.76% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,825.06/sq mi, rank #79
Median Household Income:	$76,571 at 2010-2014—7.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #51
Median House Price:	$298,800 at 2010-2014—-0.96% increase since 2005-2009, rank #29
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	18.47 sq mi, rank #402
Water Area:	0.41 sq mi (2.17%), rank #270
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Montgomery County
City:	West Conshohocken, King Of Prussia, Wayne, Bridgeport
Zip:	19428, 19406, 19087, 19405
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Upper Merion Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

435 Crossfield Rd

King Of Prussia PA, 19406, Montgomery County

Phone: 610-205-6400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,005	4,000	3,963	3,791	3,788	3,659	3,663
English Language Learner Students:	160	134	142	111	107	106	91
Total Teachers:	276.80	273.30	268.10	269.70	269.70	269.60	266.70
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	9.00	8.50	8.00	8.00	8.50	8.00	10.00
Elementary:	137.70	135.50	132.10	133.50	131.00	125.00	120.20
Secondary:	122.70	121.15	120.05	121.10	125.50	127.40	127.60
Ungraded:	6.40	7.15	6.95	6.10	3.70	8.20	7.90
Total Other Staff:	337.00	341.22	344.22	376.22	339.72	336.20	326.70
Instructional Aides:	51.00	44.00	44.00	47.00	48.50	49.00	46.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	8.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.50
Library/Media Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	7.00	6.50	6.50	7.50
District Administrators:	7.00	6.00	8.00	7.00	13.00	9.00	8.00
District Administrative Support:	26.00	26.00	26.00	27.00	27.50	26.50	24.50
School Administrators:	10.00	10.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
School Administrative Support:	29.00	30.00	30.00	31.00	30.50	31.50	30.00
Student Support Services:	NA	7.22	7.22	10.22	10.22	10.20	8.20
Other Support Services:	190.00	194.00	194.00	215.00	169.50	170.50	169.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.47	14.64	14.78	14.06	14.05	13.57	13.73

Schools

Bridgeport Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	900 Bush And School Ln, Bridgeport PA 19405
Caley Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	725 Caley Rd, King Of Prussia PA 19406
Candlebrook Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	310 Prince Frederick St, King Of Prussia PA 19406
Roberts Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	889 Croton Rd, Wayne PA 19087
Upper Merion High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	440 Crossfield Rd, King Of Prussia PA 19406
Upper Merion Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	450 Crossfield Rd, King Of Prussia PA 19406

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.9%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.2%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.5%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.8%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.8%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.5%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$81,385,000	$20,536		$75,825,000	$20,001		$73,305,000	$19,352
Federal:	$1,967,000	$496	2.4%	$2,726,000	$719	3.6%	$1,995,000	$527	2.7%
State:	$8,354,000	$2,108	10.3%	$7,631,000	$2,013	10.1%	$7,799,000	$2,059	10.6%
Local:	$71,064,000	$17,932	87.3%	$65,468,000	$17,269	86.3%	$63,511,000	$16,766	86.6%
Total Expenditures:	$67,980,000	$17,154		$68,219,000	$17,995		$70,199,000	$18,532
Total Current Expenditures:	$60,845,000	$15,353		$60,000,000	$15,827		$60,337,000	$15,928
Instructional Expenditures:	$36,762,000	$9,276	60.4%	$35,285,000	$9,308	58.8%	$35,911,000	$9,480	59.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$6,253,000	$1,578	10.3%	$6,171,000	$1,628	10.3%	$6,397,000	$1,689	10.6%
Administration:	$5,602,000	$1,414	9.2%	$5,874,000	$1,549	9.8%	$5,512,000	$1,455	9.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$12,228,000	$3,086	20.1%	$12,670,000	$3,342	21.1%	$12,517,000	$3,304	20.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$676,000	$171		$723,000	$191		$2,138,000	$564
Construction:	$296,000	$75		$383,000	$101		$0	$0
Total Other:	$109,000	$28		$87,000	$23		$121,000	$32
Interest on Debt:	$2,766,000	$698		$3,292,000	$868		$3,350,000	$884

Total Salary:	$39,339,000	$9,927		$40,767,000	$10,754		$41,220,000	$10,882
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$25,858,000	$6,525	65.7%	$26,435,000	$6,973	64.8%	$27,027,000	$7,135	65.6%
Other Salary:	$13,481,000	$3,402	34.3%	$14,332,000	$3,781	35.2%	$14,193,000	$3,747	34.4%
Total Benefit:	$15,362,000	$3,876		$12,634,000	$3,333		$12,029,000	$3,176
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$9,594,000	$2,421	62.5%	$7,652,000	$2,018	60.6%	$7,393,000	$1,952	61.5%
Other Benefit:	$5,768,000	$1,455	37.5%	$4,982,000	$1,314	39.4%	$4,636,000	$1,224	38.5%

* Upper Merion Area 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.