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North Star School District

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North Star School District is located in southwest Pennsylvania. North Star School District has 103.18 square miles of land area and 1.22 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total North Star School District population is 8,970. North Star School District median household income is $44,245 in 2010-2014. North Star School District median house value is $89,800 in 2010-2014. On average, North Star School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (322 out of 496, bottom 35%) Elementary/Middle School: (209 out of 498, top 42%)* Rank: #267
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	8,970 (2010-2014), rank #379
Population Growth	1.47% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	85.92/sq mi, rank #391
Median Household Income:	$44,245 at 2010-2014—12.95% increase since 2005-2009, rank #371
Median House Price:	$89,800 at 2010-2014—19.41% increase since 2005-2009, rank #406
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	103.18 sq mi, rank #145
Water Area:	1.22 sq mi (1.16%), rank #123
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Somerset County
City:	Stoystown, Hooversville, Hollsopple, Friedens, Jennerstown, Boswell, Acosta, Somerset, Gray, Jenners, Jerome
Zip:	15563, 15936, 15935, 15541, 15531, 15547, 15520, 15501, 15544, 15546, 15937
Area:	Somerset, PA

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North Star School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1200 Morris Ave

Boswell PA, 15531, Somerset County

Phone: 814-629-5631

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,159	1,152	1,143	1,192	1,230	1,249	1,254
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Total Teachers:	89.00	90.50	97.00	100.00	102.00	101.40	105.50
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	5.00	4.50	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary:	32.83	34.09	35.84	38.34	40.84	43.50	47.70
Secondary:	38.17	38.41	41.66	41.66	41.16	39.90	39.80
Ungraded:	12.00	12.50	14.00	14.00	14.00	12.00	12.00
Total Other Staff:	77.00	86.00	85.50	87.50	87.00	82.50	53.50
Instructional Aides:	20.00	23.00	23.00	24.00	22.00	22.00	22.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	3.50	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.50	1.00	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.50	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Student Support Services:	NA	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	3.00	4.00
Other Support Services:	32.00	32.00	32.00	33.00	32.50	30.50	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.02	12.73	11.78	11.92	12.06	12.32	11.89

Schools

North Star Central Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1215 Morris Ave, Boswell PA 15531
North Star East Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	3598 Whistler Rd, Stoystown PA 15563
North Star High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	400 Ohio St, Boswell PA 15531

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.6%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.4%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.7%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.1%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.9%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.5%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.3%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.7%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.6%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.7%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	97.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.9%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.5%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	96%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.6%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.3%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	40.6%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	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:	$17,131,000	$14,988		$17,793,000	$14,927		$17,914,000	$14,564
Federal:	$1,146,000	$1,003	6.7%	$2,549,000	$2,138	14.3%	$2,232,000	$1,815	12.5%
State:	$10,999,000	$9,623	64.2%	$10,089,000	$8,464	56.7%	$10,428,000	$8,478	58.2%
Local:	$4,986,000	$4,362	29.1%	$5,155,000	$4,325	29.0%	$5,254,000	$4,272	29.3%
Total Expenditures:	$15,996,000	$13,995		$17,119,000	$14,362		$15,999,000	$13,007
Total Current Expenditures:	$13,364,000	$11,692		$13,799,000	$11,576		$13,105,000	$10,654
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,614,000	$6,661	57.0%	$7,631,000	$6,402	55.3%	$7,289,000	$5,926	55.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,211,000	$1,059	9.1%	$1,472,000	$1,235	10.7%	$1,367,000	$1,111	10.4%
Administration:	$1,381,000	$1,208	10.3%	$1,385,000	$1,162	10.0%	$1,383,000	$1,124	10.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,158,000	$2,763	23.6%	$3,311,000	$2,778	24.0%	$3,066,000	$2,493	23.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$95,000	$83		$144,000	$121		$217,000	$176
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$78,000	$68		$126,000	$106		$120,000	$98
Interest on Debt:	$314,000	$275		$393,000	$330		$432,000	$351

Total Salary:	$7,400,000	$6,474		$7,644,000	$6,413		$7,611,000	$6,188
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,168,000	$4,521	69.8%	$5,228,000	$4,386	68.4%	$5,191,000	$4,220	68.2%
Other Salary:	$2,232,000	$1,953	30.2%	$2,416,000	$2,027	31.6%	$2,420,000	$1,967	31.8%
Total Benefit:	$2,855,000	$2,498		$2,672,000	$2,242		$2,217,000	$1,802
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,924,000	$1,683	67.4%	$1,767,000	$1,482	66.1%	$1,469,000	$1,194	66.3%
Other Benefit:	$931,000	$815	32.6%	$905,000	$759	33.9%	$748,000	$608	33.7%

* North Star 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.