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Northwestern School District

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Northwestern School District is located in northwest Pennsylvania. Northwestern School District has 120.55 square miles of land area and 0.76 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Northwestern School District population is 12,071. Northwestern School District median household income is $50,336 in 2010-2014. Northwestern School District median house value is $106,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Northwestern School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (347 out of 496, bottom 30%) Elementary/Middle School: (358 out of 498, bottom 28%)* Rank: #365
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	12,071 (2010-2014), rank #324
Population Growth	2.35% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	99.51/sq mi, rank #377
Median Household Income:	$50,336 at 2010-2014—10.72% increase since 2005-2009, rank #258
Median House Price:	$106,900 at 2010-2014—2.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #358
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	120.55 sq mi, rank #114
Water Area:	0.76 sq mi (0.63%), rank #192
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Erie County
City:	Girard, West Springfield, East Springfield, Lake City, Albion, Platea, Cranesville, Edinboro, Springboro
Zip:	16417, 16443, 16411, 16423, 16401, 16410, 16412, 16435
Area:	Erie, PA

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Northwestern School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

100 Harthan Way

Albion PA, 16401, Erie County

Phone: 814-756-9400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,489	1,532	1,572	1,648	1,637	1,682	1,761
English Language Learner Students:	1	2	2	4	6	5	4
Total Teachers:	107.00	107.00	110.00	119.47	118.47	118.50	112.80
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
Elementary:	47.71	47.71	51.04	56.32	55.17	54.00	50.30
Secondary:	48.20	48.76	51.25	54.57	54.72	56.50	55.50
Ungraded:	6.09	5.53	2.71	2.58	1.58	1.00	1.00
Total Other Staff:	68.97	65.00	64.00	71.00	64.50	63.90	63.70
Instructional Aides:	17.00	13.00	13.00	19.00	17.00	18.00	17.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.00	0.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.97	3.97	3.97	3.97	3.97	3.90	4.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.97	2.97	2.97	2.97	2.97	2.90	3.20
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:	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	5.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.90
School Administrative Support:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	9.00
Student Support Services:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Other Support Services:	23.00	24.00	24.00	22.00	16.50	17.00	16.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.92	14.32	14.29	13.79	13.82	14.19	15.61

Schools

Northwestern Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	John Williams Ave, Albion PA 16401
Northwestern Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	150 Harthan Way, Albion PA 16401
Northwestern Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	200 Harthan Way, Albion PA 16401
Springfield Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	11911 Bond St, East Springfield PA 16411

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	45.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.1%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.1%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.5%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.8%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	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:	$19,224,000	$12,229		$20,338,000	$12,341		$19,977,000	$12,203
Federal:	$1,556,000	$990	8.1%	$3,486,000	$2,115	17.1%	$2,930,000	$1,790	14.7%
State:	$12,885,000	$8,197	67.0%	$12,158,000	$7,377	59.8%	$12,421,000	$7,588	62.2%
Local:	$4,783,000	$3,043	24.9%	$4,694,000	$2,848	23.1%	$4,626,000	$2,826	23.2%
Total Expenditures:	$17,820,000	$11,336		$17,897,000	$10,860		$17,652,000	$10,783
Total Current Expenditures:	$16,357,000	$10,405		$15,550,000	$9,436		$15,461,000	$9,445
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,991,000	$6,992	67.2%	$10,190,000	$6,183	65.5%	$10,060,000	$6,145	65.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,193,000	$759	7.3%	$1,233,000	$748	7.9%	$1,343,000	$820	8.7%
Administration:	$1,458,000	$927	8.9%	$1,350,000	$819	8.7%	$1,370,000	$837	8.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,715,000	$1,727	16.6%	$2,777,000	$1,685	17.9%	$2,688,000	$1,642	17.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$398,000	$253		$712,000	$432		$388,000	$237
Construction:	$236,000	$150		$282,000	$171		$0	$0
Total Other:	$14,000	$9		$12,000	$7		$9,000	$5
Interest on Debt:	$177,000	$113		$226,000	$137		$271,000	$166

Total Salary:	$8,435,000	$5,366		$8,715,000	$5,288		$8,546,000	$5,221
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,527,000	$4,152	77.4%	$6,792,000	$4,121	77.9%	$6,559,000	$4,007	76.7%
Other Salary:	$1,908,000	$1,214	22.6%	$1,923,000	$1,167	22.1%	$1,987,000	$1,214	23.3%
Total Benefit:	$3,264,000	$2,076		$2,881,000	$1,748		$2,760,000	$1,686
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,495,000	$1,587	76.4%	$2,229,000	$1,353	77.4%	$2,098,000	$1,282	76.0%
Other Benefit:	$769,000	$489	23.6%	$652,000	$396	22.6%	$662,000	$404	24.0%

* Northwestern 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.