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Abington Heights School District

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Abington Heights School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Abington Heights School District has 69.68 square miles of land area and 0.87 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Abington Heights School District population is 23,300. Abington Heights School District median household income is $72,791 in 2010-2014. Abington Heights School District median house value is $204,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Abington Heights School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (88 out of 496, top 18%) Elementary/Middle School: (21 out of 498, top 4%)* Rank: #55
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	23,300 (2010-2014), rank #162
Population Growth	-0.70% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	330.28/sq mi, rank #241
Median Household Income:	$72,791 at 2010-2014—5.74% increase since 2005-2009, rank #63
Median House Price:	$204,500 at 2010-2014—3.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #93
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	69.68 sq mi, rank #233
Water Area:	0.87 sq mi (1.23%), rank #171
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lackawanna County
City:	Clarks Summit, Chinchilla, Scranton, Ransom, Waverly, Dalton, Falls, Glenburn, Clarks Green
Zip:	18411, 18504, 18653, 18471, 18414, 18615
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Abington Heights School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

200 East Grove St

Clarks Summit PA, 18411, Lackawanna County

Phone: 570-586-2511

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,306	3,316	3,393	3,452	3,474	3,547	3,645
English Language Learner Students:	28	0	12	11	18	26	26
Total Teachers:	227.08	231.00	238.00	247.00	250.50	249.30	249.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary:	101.53	104.53	107.53	113.66	115.56	112.90	114.70
Secondary:	111.22	110.14	114.47	117.34	119.94	119.40	118.80
Ungraded:	9.33	10.33	10.00	10.00	9.00	11.00	10.00
Total Other Staff:	185.50	218.00	219.00	222.00	210.00	209.50	203.00
Instructional Aides:	53.00	51.00	51.00	49.00	50.50	52.50	49.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	6.50	6.50	5.50	6.50	5.00	5.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	12.00	14.00	14.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	15.00
School Administrators:	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
School Administrative Support:	14.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	18.50	18.50	18.50
Student Support Services:	NA	7.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	10.00	6.00
Other Support Services:	79.00	94.00	94.00	96.00	79.00	77.00	77.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.56	14.36	14.26	13.98	13.87	14.23	14.61

Schools

Abington Heights High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	222 Noble Rd, Clarks Summit PA 18411
Abington Heights Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1555 Newton Ransom Blvd, Clarks Summit PA 18411
Clarks Summit Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	401 West Grove St, Clarks Summit PA 18411
Newton-Ransom School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1549 Newton Ransom Blvd, Clarks Summit PA 18411
South Abington School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	Northern Blvd, Chinchilla PA 18410
Waverly School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	103 Waverly Rd, Waverly PA 18471

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.4%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.1%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.4%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	97.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	96.5%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.2%	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:	$43,411,000	$12,794		$44,237,000	$12,815		$43,798,000	$12,607
Federal:	$807,000	$238	1.9%	$2,074,000	$601	4.7%	$1,548,000	$446	3.5%
State:	$11,839,000	$3,489	27.3%	$11,131,000	$3,225	25.2%	$11,296,000	$3,252	25.8%
Local:	$30,765,000	$9,067	70.9%	$31,032,000	$8,990	70.1%	$30,954,000	$8,910	70.7%
Total Expenditures:	$39,249,000	$11,568		$40,246,000	$11,659		$40,541,000	$11,670
Total Current Expenditures:	$36,921,000	$10,882		$37,643,000	$10,905		$37,651,000	$10,838
Instructional Expenditures:	$23,858,000	$7,032	64.6%	$24,248,000	$7,024	64.4%	$24,198,000	$6,965	64.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,613,000	$770	7.1%	$2,726,000	$790	7.2%	$2,791,000	$803	7.4%
Administration:	$3,301,000	$973	8.9%	$3,223,000	$934	8.6%	$3,282,000	$945	8.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,149,000	$2,107	19.4%	$7,446,000	$2,157	19.8%	$7,380,000	$2,124	19.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$167,000	$49		$203,000	$59		$33,000	$9
Construction:	$147,000	$43		$179,000	$52		$0	$0
Total Other:	$91,000	$27		$77,000	$22		$75,000	$22
Interest on Debt:	$884,000	$261		$955,000	$277		$1,121,000	$323

Total Salary:	$21,546,000	$6,350		$22,662,000	$6,565		$22,431,000	$6,457
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$15,504,000	$4,569	72.0%	$16,296,000	$4,721	71.9%	$15,971,000	$4,597	71.2%
Other Salary:	$6,042,000	$1,781	28.0%	$6,366,000	$1,844	28.1%	$6,460,000	$1,860	28.8%
Total Benefit:	$9,057,000	$2,669		$8,253,000	$2,391		$7,994,000	$2,301
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,772,000	$1,996	74.8%	$6,162,000	$1,785	74.7%	$5,968,000	$1,718	74.7%
Other Benefit:	$2,285,000	$673	25.2%	$2,091,000	$606	25.3%	$2,026,000	$583	25.3%

* Abington Heights 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.