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Belle Vernon Area School District

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Belle Vernon Area School District is located in southwest Pennsylvania. Belle Vernon Area School District has 42.85 square miles of land area and 0.97 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Belle Vernon Area School District population is 18,731. Belle Vernon Area School District median household income is $53,196 in 2010-2014. Belle Vernon Area School District median house value is $114,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Belle Vernon Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (202 out of 496, top 41%) Elementary/Middle School: (249 out of 498, top 50%)* Rank: #219
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	18,731 (2010-2014), rank #222
Population Growth	-4.25% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	427.43/sq mi, rank #215
Median Household Income:	$53,196 at 2010-2014—20.17% increase since 2005-2009, rank #221
Median House Price:	$114,100 at 2010-2014—9.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #329
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	42.85 sq mi, rank #300
Water Area:	0.97 sq mi (2.21%), rank #157
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Westmoreland County, Fayette County
City:	Belle Vernon, West Newton, Smithton, Monessen, Webster, Lynnwood-Pricedale, Fellsburg, Collinsburg, North Belle Vernon, Fayette City, Perryopolis, Naomi, Fairhope, Arnold City
Zip:	15012, 15089, 15479, 15062, 15087, 15072, 15438, 15473
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Belle Vernon Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

270 Crest Ave

Belle Vernon PA, 15012, Fayette County

Phone: 724-808-2500

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,587	2,614	2,662	2,677	2,753	2,805	2,861
English Language Learner Students:	15	9	14	18	17	17	19
Total Teachers:	151.00	158.62	162.59	167.00	169.75	170.70	161.30
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	8.00	6.00
Elementary:	65.43	59.04	63.68	69.19	68.52	68.00	64.80
Secondary:	67.27	81.98	83.78	83.81	89.23	90.70	90.50
Ungraded:	9.30	8.60	5.13	4.00	3.00	4.00	NA
Total Other Staff:	167.30	140.47	139.83	139.00	126.75	129.20	128.30
Instructional Aides:	17.00	7.00	7.00	4.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	1.20	0.30
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	2.33	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.67	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.50	3.67	3.83	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	4.00	3.00	3.20	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
School Administrators:	4.80	5.80	5.80	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	NA	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	115.00	93.00	93.00	93.00	82.50	86.00	86.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.13	16.48	16.37	16.03	16.22	16.43	17.74

Schools

Belle Vernon Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	425 Crest Ave, Belle Vernon PA 15012
Belle Vernon Area Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	500 Perry Ave, Belle Vernon PA 15012
Bellmar Ms	Grade 6 to Grade 8	500 Perry Ave, Belle Vernon PA 15012
Marion Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	500 Perry Ave, Belle Vernon PA 15012
Rostraver Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	300 Crest Ave, Belle Vernon PA 15012
Rostraver Ms	Grade 6 to Grade 8	250 Crest Ave, Belle Vernon PA 15012

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.6%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.9%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.5%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.8%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$34,095,000	$12,808		$34,204,000	$12,777		$34,151,000	$12,405
Federal:	$1,462,000	$549	4.3%	$3,523,000	$1,316	10.3%	$2,747,000	$998	8.0%
State:	$14,294,000	$5,370	41.9%	$13,333,000	$4,981	39.0%	$13,658,000	$4,961	40.0%
Local:	$18,339,000	$6,889	53.8%	$17,348,000	$6,480	50.7%	$17,746,000	$6,446	52.0%
Total Expenditures:	$32,195,000	$12,094		$35,698,000	$13,335		$32,555,000	$11,825
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,690,000	$10,026		$27,724,000	$10,356		$26,672,000	$9,688
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,878,000	$6,340	63.2%	$17,697,000	$6,611	63.8%	$16,771,000	$6,092	62.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,711,000	$643	6.4%	$1,785,000	$667	6.4%	$1,831,000	$665	6.9%
Administration:	$2,643,000	$993	9.9%	$2,623,000	$980	9.5%	$2,537,000	$922	9.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,458,000	$2,050	20.4%	$5,619,000	$2,099	20.3%	$5,533,000	$2,010	20.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$159,000	$60		$2,087,000	$780		$731,000	$266
Construction:	$0	$0		$1,501,000	$561		$159,000	$58
Total Other:	$10,000	$4		$4,000	$1		$8,000	$3
Interest on Debt:	$906,000	$340		$1,109,000	$414		$1,146,000	$416

Total Salary:	$16,865,000	$6,335		$17,086,000	$6,383		$16,859,000	$6,124
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,170,000	$4,572	72.2%	$12,199,000	$4,557	71.4%	$11,948,000	$4,340	70.9%
Other Salary:	$4,695,000	$1,764	27.8%	$4,887,000	$1,826	28.6%	$4,911,000	$1,784	29.1%
Total Benefit:	$5,572,000	$2,093		$5,364,000	$2,004		$5,201,000	$1,889
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,619,000	$1,360	64.9%	$3,461,000	$1,293	64.5%	$3,428,000	$1,245	65.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,953,000	$734	35.1%	$1,903,000	$711	35.5%	$1,773,000	$644	34.1%

* Belle Vernon Area 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.