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Big Beaver Falls Area School District

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Big Beaver Falls Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Big Beaver Falls Area School District has 21.69 square miles of land area and 0.52 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Big Beaver Falls Area School District population is 13,524. Big Beaver Falls Area School District median household income is $34,414 in 2010-2014. Big Beaver Falls Area School District median house value is $71,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Big Beaver Falls Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (344 out of 496, bottom 31%) Elementary/Middle School: (232 out of 498, top 47%)* Rank: #287
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	13,524 (2010-2014), rank #302
Population Growth	-2.78% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	608.87/sq mi, rank #175
Median Household Income:	$34,414 at 2010-2014—3.84% increase since 2005-2009, rank #481
Median House Price:	$71,300 at 2010-2014—-3.26% increase since 2005-2009, rank #473
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	21.69 sq mi, rank #382
Water Area:	0.52 sq mi (2.33%), rank #245
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Beaver County
City:	Beaver Falls, New Galilee, Koppel, Homewood, Eastvale, Big Beaver
Zip:	15010, 16141, 16136, 16157, 16115
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Big Beaver Falls Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1503 8th Ave

Beaver Falls PA, 15010, Beaver County

Phone: 724-843-3470

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,698	1,680	1,711	1,721	1,752	1,760	1,871
English Language Learner Students:	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Total Teachers:	119.87	125.30	121.00	137.40	139.50	142.10	140.50
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	9.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	8.00
Elementary:	60.10	62.77	58.27	65.60	63.00	64.40	67.30
Secondary:	42.17	46.43	45.93	55.30	58.50	57.50	61.20
Ungraded:	7.60	7.10	6.80	6.50	8.00	9.20	3.00
Total Other Staff:	100.00	115.90	115.00	129.10	114.00	115.80	113.50
Instructional Aides:	15.00	14.00	14.00	19.00	18.00	19.00	18.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.70	0.70	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
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:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	7.00	8.00	8.50	7.00
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.50	7.00	9.00
Student Support Services:	NA	8.20	7.30	5.30	5.20	4.00	4.00
Other Support Services:	53.00	60.00	60.00	65.00	49.50	53.50	51.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.17	13.41	14.14	12.53	12.56	12.39	13.32

Schools

Beaver Falls Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1701 8th Ave, Beaver Falls PA 15010
Beaver Falls Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1601 8th Ave, Beaver Falls PA 15010
Big Beaver Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	588 Friendship Dr, Darlington PA 16115
Central Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	805 15th St, Beaver Falls PA 15010

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.1%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.1%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20.6%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	16.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.2%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.5%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.1%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.1%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.7%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.5%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.2%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	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:	$25,487,000	$14,896		$25,956,000	$15,082		$25,540,000	$14,578
Federal:	$2,859,000	$1,671	11.2%	$3,736,000	$2,171	14.4%	$3,596,000	$2,053	14.1%
State:	$14,621,000	$8,545	57.4%	$14,221,000	$8,263	54.8%	$14,439,000	$8,241	56.5%
Local:	$8,007,000	$4,680	31.4%	$7,999,000	$4,648	30.8%	$7,505,000	$4,284	29.4%
Total Expenditures:	$24,719,000	$14,447		$25,308,000	$14,705		$24,078,000	$13,743
Total Current Expenditures:	$20,440,000	$11,946		$21,286,000	$12,368		$20,982,000	$11,976
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,606,000	$6,783	56.8%	$12,495,000	$7,260	58.7%	$12,287,000	$7,013	58.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,598,000	$934	7.8%	$1,387,000	$806	6.5%	$1,359,000	$776	6.5%
Administration:	$2,689,000	$1,572	13.2%	$2,884,000	$1,676	13.5%	$2,710,000	$1,547	12.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,547,000	$2,658	22.2%	$4,520,000	$2,626	21.2%	$4,626,000	$2,640	22.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,063,000	$621		$1,024,000	$595		$188,000	$107
Construction:	$1,028,000	$601		$955,000	$555		$133,000	$76
Total Other:	$253,000	$148		$364,000	$212		$243,000	$139
Interest on Debt:	$1,035,000	$605		$1,003,000	$583		$1,002,000	$572

Total Salary:	$10,951,000	$6,400		$11,728,000	$6,815		$11,558,000	$6,597
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,260,000	$4,243	66.3%	$8,022,000	$4,661	68.4%	$7,959,000	$4,543	68.9%
Other Salary:	$3,691,000	$2,157	33.7%	$3,706,000	$2,153	31.6%	$3,599,000	$2,054	31.1%
Total Benefit:	$4,989,000	$2,916		$4,806,000	$2,793		$4,393,000	$2,507
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,502,000	$2,047	70.2%	$3,451,000	$2,005	71.8%	$3,161,000	$1,804	72.0%
Other Benefit:	$1,487,000	$869	29.8%	$1,355,000	$787	28.2%	$1,232,000	$703	28.0%

* Big Beaver Falls Area School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.