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Big Spring School District

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Big Spring School District is located close to the center of Pennsylvania. Big Spring School District has 193.68 square miles of land area and 1.39 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Big Spring School District population is 20,627. Big Spring School District median household income is $54,689 in 2006-2010. Big Spring School District median house value is $157,000 in 2006-2010. On average, Big Spring School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (451 out of 496, bottom 9%) Elementary/Middle School: (366 out of 498, bottom 27%)* Rank: #573
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	20,627 (2010), rank #194
Population Growth	2.85% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	105.75/sq mi, rank #374
Median Household Income:	$54,689 at 2006-2010—-3.09% increase since 2005-2009, rank #167
Median House Price:	$157,000 at 2006-2010—4.81% increase since 2005-2009, rank #178
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	193.68 sq mi, rank #58
Water Area:	1.39 sq mi (0.71%), rank #106
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Cumberland County
City:	Newville, Carlisle, Plainfield, Newburg, Shippensburg, Walnut Bottom, Gardners
Zip:	17241, 17015, 17081, 17240, 17257, 17266, 17013, 17324
Area:	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Big Spring School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

45 Mount Rock Rd

Newville PA, 17241, Cumberland County

Phone: 717-776-2000

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,945	3,064	3,044
English Language Learner Students:	5	15	10
Total Teachers:	236.13	236.30	218.70
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	11.00	11.00	7.00
Elementary:	98.39	97.20	96.70
Secondary:	116.88	118.60	104.20
Ungraded:	9.86	9.50	10.80
Total Other Staff:	191.00	195.70	175.00
Instructional Aides:	52.50	53.50	53.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.00	4.70	6.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.00	8.00	7.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.50
District Administrators:	5.00	5.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	14.00	13.50	2.00
School Administrators:	11.00	10.00	12.00
School Administrative Support:	21.50	19.00	25.50
Student Support Services:	6.00	6.00	5.00
Other Support Services:	65.00	72.00	58.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.47	12.97	13.92

Schools

Big Spring High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	100 Mount Rock Rd, Newville PA 17241
Big Spring Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	43 Mount Rock Rd, Newville PA 17241
Mount Rock Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	47 Mount Rock Rd, Newville PA 17241
Newville Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	100 Steelstown Rd, Newville PA 17241
Oak Flat Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	334 Centerville Rd, Newville PA 17241
Plainfield Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	7 Springview Rd, Carlisle PA 17013

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.2%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.9%	60.3%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	69.1%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	21.3%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27.3%	40.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	84.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	83.5%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	85.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.3%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	82.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	76.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	67.3%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	67.1%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.7%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	78.8%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68%	69.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.6%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	76.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	81.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.4%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	58.3%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	73.1%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$39,825,000	$12,998		$39,191,000	$12,875		$36,879,000	$11,626
Federal:	$1,208,000	$394	3.0%	$892,000	$293	2.3%	$1,455,000	$459	3.9%
State:	$16,336,000	$5,332	41.0%	$15,677,000	$5,150	40.0%	$15,019,000	$4,735	40.7%
Local:	$22,281,000	$7,272	55.9%	$22,622,000	$7,432	57.7%	$20,405,000	$6,433	55.3%
Total Expenditures:	$36,691,000	$11,975		$36,249,000	$11,908		$40,026,000	$12,619
Total Current Expenditures:	$31,913,000	$10,415		$31,327,000	$10,291		$29,734,000	$9,374
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,855,000	$6,154	59.1%	$18,720,000	$6,150	59.8%	$18,158,000	$5,724	61.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,659,000	$868	8.3%	$2,557,000	$840	8.2%	$2,389,000	$753	8.0%
Administration:	$2,496,000	$815	7.8%	$2,268,000	$745	7.2%	$2,332,000	$735	7.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,903,000	$2,579	24.8%	$7,782,000	$2,557	24.8%	$6,855,000	$2,161	23.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$345,000	$113		$2,241,000	$736		$7,489,000	$2,361
Construction:	$0	$0		$1,463,000	$481		$6,689,000	$2,109
Total Other:	$21,000	$7		$17,000	$6		$22,000	$7
Interest on Debt:	$1,759,000	$574		$1,648,000	$541		$1,717,000	$541

Total Salary:	$18,414,000	$6,010		$17,435,000	$5,728		$16,885,000	$5,323
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,475,000	$4,398	73.2%	$12,679,000	$4,165	72.7%	$12,281,000	$3,872	72.7%
Other Salary:	$4,939,000	$1,612	26.8%	$4,756,000	$1,562	27.3%	$4,604,000	$1,451	27.3%
Total Benefit:	$5,807,000	$1,895		$5,833,000	$1,916		$5,513,000	$1,738
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,070,000	$1,328	70.1%	$4,012,000	$1,318	68.8%	$3,985,000	$1,256	72.3%
Other Benefit:	$1,737,000	$567	29.9%	$1,821,000	$598	31.2%	$1,528,000	$482	27.7%

* Big Spring School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.