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Pottstown School District

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Pottstown School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Pottstown School District has 4.89 square miles of land area and 0.08 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pottstown School District population is 22,519. Pottstown School District median household income is $45,724 in 2010-2014. Pottstown School District median house value is $134,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Pottstown School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (465 out of 496, bottom 6%) Elementary/Middle School: (462 out of 498, bottom 7%)* Rank: #474
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	22,519 (2010-2014), rank #173
Population Growth	5.28% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	4,536.50/sq mi, rank #22
Median Household Income:	$45,724 at 2010-2014—13.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #342
Median House Price:	$134,700 at 2010-2014—-1.32% increase since 2005-2009, rank #267
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	4.89 sq mi, rank #466
Water Area:	0.08 sq mi (1.54%), rank #401
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Montgomery County
City:	Pottstown
Zip:	19464
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Pottstown School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

230 Beech St

Pottstown PA, 19464, Montgomery County

Phone: 610-323-8200

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,180	3,096	3,061	3,097	3,083	3,122	3,140
English Language Learner Students:	51	58	50	70	60	70	72
Total Teachers:	226.90	225.00	232.00	230.00	245.00	246.80	231.60
Prekindergarten:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	13.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
Elementary:	109.49	107.59	109.84	105.84	115.84	116.10	102.80
Secondary:	92.41	94.41	98.16	98.91	103.91	105.50	104.50
Ungraded:	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.25	9.25	9.20	8.30
Total Other Staff:	279.68	298.28	300.28	317.28	266.28	279.20	266.10
Instructional Aides:	98.00	89.00	89.00	101.00	88.50	97.00	90.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	3.00	4.00	3.00	2.50	2.50	2.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.60	4.60
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.50	3.50	3.50
District Administrative Support:	24.00	27.00	27.00	31.00	35.50	33.00	32.50
School Administrators:	9.00	9.00	10.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
School Administrative Support:	14.00	15.00	15.00	14.00	26.00	25.00	21.50
Student Support Services:	NA	5.60	4.60	5.60	4.60	5.60	6.00
Other Support Services:	122.00	138.00	139.00	139.00	82.00	89.00	86.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.02	13.76	13.19	13.47	12.58	12.65	13.56

Schools

Barth Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	467 West Walnut St, Pottstown PA 19464
Edgewood Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	920 Morris St, Pottstown PA 19464
Franklin Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	970 North Franklin St, Pottstown PA 19464
Lincoln Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	461 North York St, Pottstown PA 19464
Pottstown Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	600 North Franklin St, Pottstown PA 19464
Pottstown Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	750 North Washington St, Pottstown PA 19464
Rupert Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1230 South St, Pottstown PA 19464

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.9%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	17.3%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	19.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20.1%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	23.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.2%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.1%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.2%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43.3%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.6%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.4%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$53,589,000	$17,507		$54,590,000	$17,627		$53,069,000	$17,213
Federal:	$3,006,000	$982	5.6%	$5,744,000	$1,855	10.5%	$4,344,000	$1,409	8.2%
State:	$17,574,000	$5,741	32.8%	$16,779,000	$5,418	30.7%	$17,429,000	$5,653	32.8%
Local:	$33,009,000	$10,784	61.6%	$32,067,000	$10,354	58.7%	$31,296,000	$10,151	59.0%
Total Expenditures:	$52,756,000	$17,235		$51,042,000	$16,481		$50,954,000	$16,527
Total Current Expenditures:	$41,873,000	$13,680		$43,875,000	$14,167		$43,248,000	$14,028
Instructional Expenditures:	$26,080,000	$8,520	62.3%	$27,251,000	$8,799	62.1%	$27,115,000	$8,795	62.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,274,000	$1,396	10.2%	$4,524,000	$1,461	10.3%	$4,386,000	$1,423	10.1%
Administration:	$4,054,000	$1,324	9.7%	$4,474,000	$1,445	10.2%	$4,329,000	$1,404	10.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,465,000	$2,439	17.8%	$7,626,000	$2,462	17.4%	$7,418,000	$2,406	17.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,993,000	$1,304		$546,000	$176		$368,000	$119
Construction:	$3,081,000	$1,007		$105,000	$34		$0	$0
Total Other:	$1,494,000	$488		$1,682,000	$543		$1,722,000	$559
Interest on Debt:	$1,076,000	$352		$663,000	$214		$1,090,000	$354

Total Salary:	$24,079,000	$7,866		$25,989,000	$8,392		$25,823,000	$8,376
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$16,403,000	$5,359	68.1%	$17,618,000	$5,689	67.8%	$17,542,000	$5,690	67.9%
Other Salary:	$7,676,000	$2,508	31.9%	$8,371,000	$2,703	32.2%	$8,281,000	$2,686	32.1%
Total Benefit:	$10,000,000	$3,267		$9,267,000	$2,992		$8,887,000	$2,883
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,962,000	$2,274	69.6%	$6,395,000	$2,065	69.0%	$6,189,000	$2,007	69.6%
Other Benefit:	$3,038,000	$992	30.4%	$2,872,000	$927	31.0%	$2,698,000	$875	30.4%

* Pottstown School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.