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Wissahickon School District

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Wissahickon School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Wissahickon School District has 23.00 square miles of land area and 0.01 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Wissahickon School District population is 37,045. Wissahickon School District median household income is $98,454 in 2010-2014. Wissahickon School District median house value is $382,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Wissahickon School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (45 out of 496, top 9%) Elementary/Middle School: (47 out of 498, top 9%)* Rank: #44
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	37,045 (2010-2014), rank #74
Population Growth	1.87% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,609.54/sq mi, rank #91
Median Household Income:	$98,454 at 2010-2014—7.95% increase since 2005-2009, rank #16
Median House Price:	$382,800 at 2010-2014—-7.91% increase since 2005-2009, rank #12
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	23.00 sq mi, rank #378
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.06%), rank #448
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Montgomery County
City:	Blue Bell, Ambler, Gwynedd Valley, North Wales, Gwynedd, Spring House
Zip:	19422, 19002, 19462, 19437, 19454, 19436, 19477
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Wissahickon School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

601 Knight Rd

Ambler PA, 19002, Montgomery County

Phone: 215-619-8000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,466	4,436	4,428	4,472	4,481	4,507	4,540
English Language Learner Students:	132	130	121	140	161	164	184
Total Teachers:	329.86	340.20	344.70	353.93	359.33	346.80	377.70
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	17.00	17.00	15.00	19.00	17.00	16.00	17.00
Elementary:	140.76	145.90	145.70	154.43	158.63	152.60	159.50
Secondary:	160.20	161.70	169.40	167.40	170.10	166.10	192.10
Ungraded:	11.90	15.60	14.60	13.10	13.60	12.10	9.10
Total Other Staff:	303.80	331.55	328.80	329.97	343.77	342.20	337.60
Instructional Aides:	78.00	70.00	70.00	68.00	68.50	72.50	62.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	3.00	3.00	4.00	6.00	6.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	14.80	14.80	14.80	13.80	13.80	11.80	13.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.80	6.13	6.30	6.30	6.30	6.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	9.80	9.00	8.67	7.50	7.50	5.50	7.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	6.00	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.00	7.50
Library/Media Support:	12.00	12.00	12.00	14.00	13.00	13.00	12.00
District Administrators:	7.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	17.00	17.00	17.00	19.00	37.00	33.00	37.00
School Administrators:	11.00	13.00	12.00	11.00	10.00	10.00	12.00
School Administrative Support:	28.00	28.00	28.00	27.00	25.50	26.00	27.50
Student Support Services:	NA	15.25	13.00	14.17	20.47	19.40	23.80
Other Support Services:	130.00	147.50	147.50	147.50	139.00	139.50	130.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.54	13.04	12.85	12.64	12.47	13.00	12.02

Schools

Blue Bell Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	801 Symphony Ln, Blue Bell PA 19422
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	571 Houston Rd, Ambler PA 19002
Mattison Avenue Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	131 Rosemary Ave, Ambler PA 19002
Shady Grove Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	351 West Skippack Pk, Ambler PA 19002
Stony Creek Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1721 Yost Rd, Blue Bell PA 19422
Wissahickon Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	500 Houston Rd, Ambler PA 19002
Wissahickon Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	521 Houston Rd, Ambler PA 19002

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.8%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	80.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.3%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88.5%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.7%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.9%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.8%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.5%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	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:	$84,224,000	$19,021		$84,751,000	$18,951		$84,279,000	$18,808
Federal:	$903,000	$204	1.1%	$1,365,000	$305	1.6%	$1,282,000	$286	1.5%
State:	$12,227,000	$2,761	14.5%	$11,617,000	$2,598	13.7%	$11,644,000	$2,599	13.8%
Local:	$71,094,000	$16,056	84.4%	$71,769,000	$16,049	84.7%	$71,353,000	$15,923	84.7%
Total Expenditures:	$77,565,000	$17,517		$76,412,000	$17,087		$77,806,000	$17,364
Total Current Expenditures:	$75,051,000	$16,949		$72,793,000	$16,278		$73,572,000	$16,419
Instructional Expenditures:	$48,664,000	$10,990	64.8%	$46,898,000	$10,487	64.4%	$47,706,000	$10,646	64.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$6,449,000	$1,456	8.6%	$6,119,000	$1,368	8.4%	$6,576,000	$1,468	8.9%
Administration:	$5,991,000	$1,353	8.0%	$6,252,000	$1,398	8.6%	$6,026,000	$1,345	8.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$13,947,000	$3,150	18.6%	$13,524,000	$3,024	18.6%	$13,264,000	$2,960	18.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$106,000	$24		$216,000	$48		$276,000	$62
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$115,000	$26		$116,000	$26		$107,000	$24
Interest on Debt:	$403,000	$91		$566,000	$127		$643,000	$143

Total Salary:	$46,363,000	$10,470		$45,868,000	$10,257		$46,547,000	$10,388
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$33,448,000	$7,554	72.1%	$32,943,000	$7,367	71.8%	$33,324,000	$7,437	71.6%
Other Salary:	$12,915,000	$2,917	27.9%	$12,925,000	$2,890	28.2%	$13,223,000	$2,951	28.4%
Total Benefit:	$17,524,000	$3,958		$15,113,000	$3,379		$15,636,000	$3,489
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$11,883,000	$2,684	67.8%	$10,117,000	$2,262	66.9%	$10,517,000	$2,347	67.3%
Other Benefit:	$5,641,000	$1,274	32.2%	$4,996,000	$1,117	33.1%	$5,119,000	$1,142	32.7%

* Wissahickon School District was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.