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Berwick Area School District

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Berwick Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Berwick Area School District has 88.84 square miles of land area and 2.27 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Berwick Area School District population is 22,341. Berwick Area School District median household income is $37,600 in 2006-2010. Berwick Area School District median house value is $98,000 in 2006-2010. On average, Berwick Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (394 out of 496, bottom 21%) Elementary/Middle School: (307 out of 498, bottom 38%)* Rank: #513
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	22,341 (2010), rank #172
Population Growth	3.29% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	245.22/sq mi, rank #282
Median Household Income:	$37,600 at 2006-2010—3.63% increase since 2005-2009, rank #422
Median House Price:	$98,000 at 2006-2010—-0.20% increase since 2005-2009, rank #353
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	88.84 sq mi, rank #180
Water Area:	2.27 sq mi (2.49%), rank #58
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Luzerne County, Columbia County
City:	Berwick, Shickshinny, East Berwick, Nescopeck, Wapwallopen, Foundryville, Briar Creek
Zip:	18603, 18655, 18635, 18660
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA;Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA

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Berwick Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

500 Line St

Berwick PA, 18603, Columbia County

Phone: 570-759-6400

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,084	3,128	3,176
English Language Learner Students:	43	53	55
Total Teachers:	236.75	252.20	238.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	13.00	13.00	12.00
Elementary:	93.75	99.20	99.00
Secondary:	107.00	116.00	113.00
Ungraded:	22.00	23.00	13.00
Total Other Staff:	208.00	221.00	243.50
Instructional Aides:	69.00	86.00	101.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	1.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.00	8.00	8.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	2.50	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	12.00	15.00	14.00
School Administrators:	9.00	8.00	10.00
School Administrative Support:	13.00	13.00	13.50
Student Support Services:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	84.50	79.00	81.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.03	12.40	13.34

Schools

Berwick Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1100 Fowler Ave, Berwick PA 18603
Berwick Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1100 Evergreen Dr, Berwick PA 18603
Fourteenth Street Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1401 North Market St, Berwick PA 18603
Nescopeck Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	315 Dewey St, Nescopeck PA 18635
Orange Street Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	845 Orange St, Berwick PA 18603
Salem Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	810 East Tenth St, Berwick PA 18603

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.6%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	60.3%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	69.1%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.2%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.3%	40.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.8%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	84.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	83.5%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	77.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	85.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	73.3%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.2%	76.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	67.3%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	67.1%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	78.8%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	69.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.6%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	76.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	81.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46%	58.3%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	73.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$43,138,000	$13,791		$42,738,000	$13,457		$41,598,000	$12,110
Federal:	$1,865,000	$596	4.3%	$2,238,000	$705	5.2%	$1,981,000	$577	4.8%
State:	$20,877,000	$6,674	48.4%	$19,670,000	$6,193	46.0%	$18,769,000	$5,464	45.1%
Local:	$20,396,000	$6,520	47.3%	$20,830,000	$6,559	48.7%	$20,848,000	$6,069	50.1%
Total Expenditures:	$36,791,000	$11,762		$37,015,000	$11,655		$35,835,000	$10,432
Total Current Expenditures:	$32,382,000	$10,352		$32,212,000	$10,142		$30,960,000	$9,013
Instructional Expenditures:	$21,605,000	$6,907	66.7%	$21,968,000	$6,917	68.2%	$21,087,000	$6,139	68.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,354,000	$753	7.3%	$2,134,000	$672	6.6%	$1,957,000	$570	6.3%
Administration:	$2,771,000	$886	8.6%	$2,408,000	$758	7.5%	$2,434,000	$709	7.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,652,000	$1,807	17.5%	$5,702,000	$1,795	17.7%	$5,482,000	$1,596	17.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$231,000	$74		$504,000	$159		$517,000	$151
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$75,000	$22
Total Other:	$143,000	$46		$135,000	$43		$137,000	$40
Interest on Debt:	$1,370,000	$438		$1,422,000	$448		$1,611,000	$469

Total Salary:	$19,288,000	$6,166		$19,412,000	$6,112		$18,731,000	$5,453
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$14,926,000	$4,772	77.4%	$15,188,000	$4,782	78.2%	$14,611,000	$4,254	78.0%
Other Salary:	$4,362,000	$1,395	22.6%	$4,224,000	$1,330	21.8%	$4,120,000	$1,199	22.0%
Total Benefit:	$6,795,000	$2,172		$6,991,000	$2,201		$6,599,000	$1,921
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,073,000	$1,622	74.7%	$5,308,000	$1,671	75.9%	$5,089,000	$1,482	77.1%
Other Benefit:	$1,722,000	$551	25.3%	$1,683,000	$530	24.1%	$1,510,000	$440	22.9%

* Berwick Area School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.