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Lower Merion School District

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Lower Merion School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Lower Merion School District has 24.17 square miles of land area and 0.16 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Lower Merion School District population is 62,107. Lower Merion School District median household income is $108,125 in 2006-2010. Lower Merion School District median house value is $533,200 in 2006-2010. On average, Lower Merion School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (8 out of 496, top 2%) Elementary/Middle School: (16 out of 498, top 3%)* Rank: #168
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	10
Population	62,107 (2010), rank #26
Population Growth	0.70% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	2,552.24/sq mi, rank #59
Median Household Income:	$108,125 at 2006-2010—-1.74% increase since 2005-2009, rank #3
Median House Price:	$533,200 at 2006-2010—1.87% increase since 2005-2009, rank #3
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	24.17 sq mi, rank #370
Water Area:	0.16 sq mi (0.66%), rank #369
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Montgomery County
City:	Narberth, Wynnewood, Ardmore, Gladwyne, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Villanova, Conshohocken, Bala Cynwyd, Merion Station, Penn Wynne, Haverford College
Zip:	19072, 19066, 19096, 19003, 19035, 19041, 19010, 19085, 19428, 19004, 19083
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Lower Merion School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

301 East Montgomery Ave

Ardmore PA, 19003, Montgomery County

Phone: 610-645-1800

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,009	6,788	6,914
English Language Learner Students:	97	0	110
Total Teachers:	629.60	624.30	624.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	10.50	10.00	10.10
Elementary:	275.02	267.90	285.50
Secondary:	298.98	300.20	287.20
Ungraded:	45.10	46.20	41.20
Total Other Staff:	633.90	636.50	594.10
Instructional Aides:	145.50	143.50	139.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	8.00	5.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	26.00	25.00	25.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	9.00	10.00	9.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	17.00	15.00	16.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	10.00	10.00	10.00
Library/Media Support:	10.00	11.00	11.00
District Administrators:	13.00	11.00	10.00
District Administrative Support:	30.50	30.00	30.00
School Administrators:	21.00	21.50	21.00
School Administrative Support:	44.00	44.00	42.00
Student Support Services:	19.80	21.90	22.50
Other Support Services:	306.10	313.60	278.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.13	10.87	11.08

Schools

Bala-Cynwyd Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	510 Bryn Mawr Ave, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
Belmont Hills Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	200 School St, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
Cynwyd School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	101 West Levering Mill Rd, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
Gladwyne School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	230 West Righters Mill Rd, Gladwyne PA 19035
Harriton Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	600 North Ithan Ave, Bryn Mawr PA 19010
Lower Merion High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	245 East Montgomery Ave, Ardmore PA 19003
Merion Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	549 South Bowman Ave, Merion Station PA 19066
Penn Valley School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	301 Righters Mill Rd, Narberth PA 19072
Penn Wynne School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	250 Haverford Rd, Wynnewood PA 19096
Welsh Valley Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	325 Tower Ln, Narberth PA 19072

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	81.4%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	82.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	60.3%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	91.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88.3%	69.1%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69%	40.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.9%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.2%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.2%	84.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	83.5%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	77.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.4%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.8%	85.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	73.3%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	82.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	76.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	67.3%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	67.1%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	78.8%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.1%	69.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.4%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.2%	78.6%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	76.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	81.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	58.3%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	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:	$180,610,000	$26,607		$174,782,000	$25,279		$168,353,000	$24,116
Federal:	$900,000	$133	0.5%	$1,076,000	$156	0.6%	$1,145,000	$164	0.7%
State:	$18,566,000	$2,735	10.3%	$15,864,000	$2,294	9.1%	$14,962,000	$2,143	8.9%
Local:	$161,144,000	$23,740	89.2%	$157,842,000	$22,829	90.3%	$152,246,000	$21,809	90.4%
Total Expenditures:	$224,473,000	$33,069		$200,369,000	$28,980		$166,492,000	$23,849
Total Current Expenditures:	$143,294,000	$21,110		$139,127,000	$20,123		$131,183,000	$18,791
Instructional Expenditures:	$86,969,000	$12,812	60.7%	$86,019,000	$12,441	61.8%	$80,044,000	$11,466	61.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$14,164,000	$2,087	9.9%	$13,458,000	$1,946	9.7%	$12,571,000	$1,801	9.6%
Administration:	$16,647,000	$2,452	11.6%	$14,904,000	$2,156	10.7%	$15,304,000	$2,192	11.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$25,514,000	$3,759	17.8%	$24,746,000	$3,579	17.8%	$23,264,000	$3,332	17.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$67,422,000	$9,933		$50,507,000	$7,305		$25,870,000	$3,706
Construction:	$66,468,000	$9,792		$49,858,000	$7,211		$25,206,000	$3,611
Total Other:	$76,000	$11		$293,000	$42		$412,000	$59
Interest on Debt:	$10,764,000	$1,586		$8,855,000	$1,281		$7,542,000	$1,080

Total Salary:	$93,280,000	$13,742		$88,547,000	$12,807		$84,882,000	$12,159
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$61,151,000	$9,009	65.6%	$58,527,000	$8,465	66.1%	$55,760,000	$7,987	65.7%
Other Salary:	$32,129,000	$4,733	34.4%	$30,020,000	$4,342	33.9%	$29,122,000	$4,172	34.3%
Total Benefit:	$29,852,000	$4,398		$29,554,000	$4,275		$25,524,000	$3,656
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$19,509,000	$2,874	65.4%	$19,452,000	$2,813	65.8%	$16,655,000	$2,386	65.3%
Other Benefit:	$10,343,000	$1,524	34.6%	$10,102,000	$1,461	34.2%	$8,869,000	$1,270	34.7%

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