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Hanover Area School District

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Hanover Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Hanover Area School District has 21.62 square miles of land area and 0.35 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Hanover Area School District population is 15,310. Hanover Area School District median household income is $39,392 in 2010-2014. Hanover Area School District median house value is $85,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Hanover Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (324 out of 496, bottom 35%) Elementary/Middle School: (433 out of 498, bottom 13%)* Rank: #395
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	15,310 (2010-2014), rank #269
Population Growth	-0.34% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	696.87/sq mi, rank #163
Median Household Income:	$39,392 at 2010-2014—6.27% increase since 2005-2009, rank #444
Median House Price:	$85,600 at 2010-2014—-0.12% increase since 2005-2009, rank #426
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	21.62 sq mi, rank #383
Water Area:	0.35 sq mi (1.59%), rank #287
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Luzerne County
City:	Warrior Run, Sugar Notch, Wilkes Barre, Nanticoke, Ashley
Zip:	18706, 18634, 18702
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Hanover Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1600 Sans Souci Parkway

Wilkes Barre PA, 18706, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-831-2313

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,047	2,042	2,018	2,000	2,015	2,029	2,078
English Language Learner Students:	49	26	22	21	12	15	13
Total Teachers:	115.00	118.00	119.00	132.30	135.50	132.30	128.30
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	7.00	7.00	6.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Elementary:	49.97	51.92	55.92	61.92	64.75	61.70	59.50
Secondary:	49.60	48.50	47.84	51.17	53.57	54.50	58.00
Ungraded:	8.43	10.58	9.24	11.21	9.18	8.10	2.80
Total Other Staff:	123.00	134.00	135.00	152.00	128.50	124.00	121.70
Instructional Aides:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	9.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	16.00	19.00	19.00	20.00	16.00	15.50	15.50
Student Support Services:	NA	3.00	3.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	5.20
Other Support Services:	85.00	91.00	91.00	100.00	80.50	76.50	69.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.80	17.31	16.96	15.12	14.87	15.34	16.20

Schools

Hanover Area Jshs	Grade 7 to Grade 12	1600 Sans Souci Parkway, Wilkes Barre PA 18706
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	80 West Saint Marys Rd, Wilkes Barre PA 18706
Hanover Green Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 1	561 Main Rd, Wilkes Barre PA 18706
Lee Park Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 3	99 Lee Park Ave, Wilkes Barre PA 18706

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.1%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.7%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.3%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.1%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.6%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.7%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.1%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	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:	$27,345,000	$13,551		$26,164,000	$13,082		$26,928,000	$13,364
Federal:	$2,841,000	$1,408	10.4%	$2,826,000	$1,413	10.8%	$2,745,000	$1,362	10.2%
State:	$11,549,000	$5,723	42.2%	$10,914,000	$5,457	41.7%	$12,235,000	$6,072	45.4%
Local:	$12,955,000	$6,420	47.4%	$12,424,000	$6,212	47.5%	$11,948,000	$5,930	44.4%
Total Expenditures:	$25,531,000	$12,652		$24,824,000	$12,412		$25,852,000	$12,830
Total Current Expenditures:	$21,273,000	$10,542		$21,846,000	$10,923		$21,772,000	$10,805
Instructional Expenditures:	$13,254,000	$6,568	62.3%	$13,344,000	$6,672	61.1%	$12,950,000	$6,427	59.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,024,000	$1,003	9.5%	$2,358,000	$1,179	10.8%	$2,615,000	$1,298	12.0%
Administration:	$1,864,000	$924	8.8%	$1,881,000	$941	8.6%	$1,960,000	$973	9.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,131,000	$2,047	19.4%	$4,263,000	$2,132	19.5%	$4,247,000	$2,108	19.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$406,000	$201		$181,000	$91		$228,000	$113
Construction:	$18,000	$9		$14,000	$7		$120,000	$60
Total Other:	$79,000	$39		$105,000	$53		$156,000	$77
Interest on Debt:	$1,715,000	$850		$238,000	$119		$1,575,000	$782

Total Salary:	$11,029,000	$5,465		$12,763,000	$6,382		$13,134,000	$6,518
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,704,000	$3,818	69.9%	$8,844,000	$4,422	69.3%	$9,092,000	$4,512	69.2%
Other Salary:	$3,325,000	$1,648	30.1%	$3,919,000	$1,960	30.7%	$4,042,000	$2,006	30.8%
Total Benefit:	$5,309,000	$2,631		$5,120,000	$2,560		$4,590,000	$2,278
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,749,000	$1,858	70.6%	$3,584,000	$1,792	70.0%	$3,175,000	$1,576	69.2%
Other Benefit:	$1,560,000	$773	29.4%	$1,536,000	$768	30.0%	$1,415,000	$702	30.8%

* Hanover 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.