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Tuscarora School District

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Tuscarora School District is located in south Pennsylvania. Tuscarora School District has 206.46 square miles of land area and 0.15 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Tuscarora School District population is 18,300. Tuscarora School District median household income is $53,718 in 2010-2014. Tuscarora School District median house value is $173,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Tuscarora School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (408 out of 496, bottom 18%) Elementary/Middle School: (434 out of 498, bottom 13%)* Rank: #432
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	18,300 (2010-2014), rank #228
Population Growth	-3.22% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	88.58/sq mi, rank #385
Median Household Income:	$53,718 at 2010-2014—0.71% increase since 2005-2009, rank #216
Median House Price:	$173,500 at 2010-2014—11.86% increase since 2005-2009, rank #145
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	206.46 sq mi, rank #55
Water Area:	0.15 sq mi (0.07%), rank #373
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Franklin County
City:	Mercersburg, Greencastle, Chambersburg, Saint Thomas, Fort Loudon
Zip:	17236, 17225, 17202, 17252, 17224
Area:	Chambersburg, PA

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Tuscarora School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

100 West Seminary St

Mercersburg PA, 17236, Franklin County

Phone: 717-328-3127

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,554	2,587	2,584	2,593	2,573	2,654	2,738
English Language Learner Students:	19	19	17	21	23	31	21
Total Teachers:	153.39	151.76	150.29	167.89	169.00	172.90	167.60
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	10.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.00
Elementary:	59.52	61.15	61.75	68.88	71.33	75.30	72.50
Secondary:	69.36	66.54	67.54	80.43	81.67	81.10	82.40
Ungraded:	14.51	15.07	12.00	8.58	6.00	6.50	3.70
Total Other Staff:	115.00	120.80	123.00	122.00	121.50	135.00	132.60
Instructional Aides:	30.00	32.00	32.00	30.00	30.00	35.50	35.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	3.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	0.00	2.50	2.50	2.00
District Administrators:	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	11.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	11.00	10.00	10.00
School Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	14.00	13.00	13.00	0.00	14.00	13.00	13.00
Student Support Services:	NA	3.80	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.10
Other Support Services:	38.00	39.00	39.00	64.00	38.00	49.00	48.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.65	17.05	17.19	15.44	15.22	15.35	16.34

Schools

James Buchanan High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	4773 Fort Loudon Rd, Mercersburg PA 17236
James Buchanan Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	5191 Fort Loudon Rd, Mercersburg PA 17236
Mercersburg Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	30 South Park Ave, Mercersburg PA 17236
Montgomery Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	9138 Fort Loudon Rd, Mercersburg PA 17236
Mountain View Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2311 Lemar Rd, Mercersburg PA 17236
St Thomas Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	70 School House Rd, Saint Thomas PA 17252

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.1%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.9%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.8%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.8%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.1%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86%	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:	$33,150,000	$12,829		$34,402,000	$13,267		$33,393,000	$12,978
Federal:	$1,136,000	$440	3.4%	$2,618,000	$1,010	7.6%	$2,008,000	$780	6.0%
State:	$13,430,000	$5,197	40.5%	$13,116,000	$5,058	38.1%	$13,035,000	$5,066	39.0%
Local:	$18,584,000	$7,192	56.1%	$18,668,000	$7,199	54.3%	$18,350,000	$7,132	55.0%
Total Expenditures:	$37,836,000	$14,642		$39,813,000	$15,354		$37,431,000	$14,548
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,231,000	$10,151		$26,333,000	$10,155		$25,047,000	$9,735
Instructional Expenditures:	$15,274,000	$5,911	58.2%	$15,360,000	$5,924	58.3%	$14,990,000	$5,826	59.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,387,000	$924	9.1%	$2,838,000	$1,094	10.8%	$1,978,000	$769	7.9%
Administration:	$2,412,000	$933	9.2%	$2,315,000	$893	8.8%	$2,193,000	$852	8.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,158,000	$2,383	23.5%	$5,820,000	$2,245	22.1%	$5,886,000	$2,288	23.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$7,791,000	$3,015		$9,268,000	$3,574		$7,376,000	$2,867
Construction:	$7,273,000	$2,815		$8,807,000	$3,396		$7,031,000	$2,733
Total Other:	$15,000	$6		$11,000	$4		$4,000	$2
Interest on Debt:	$1,573,000	$609		$1,524,000	$588		$1,547,000	$601

Total Salary:	$13,935,000	$5,393		$15,001,000	$5,785		$14,406,000	$5,599
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,059,000	$3,893	72.2%	$10,722,000	$4,135	71.5%	$10,651,000	$4,140	73.9%
Other Salary:	$3,876,000	$1,500	27.8%	$4,279,000	$1,650	28.5%	$3,755,000	$1,459	26.1%
Total Benefit:	$5,637,000	$2,182		$5,390,000	$2,079		$4,891,000	$1,901
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,947,000	$1,527	70.0%	$3,779,000	$1,457	70.1%	$3,556,000	$1,382	72.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,690,000	$654	30.0%	$1,611,000	$621	29.9%	$1,335,000	$519	27.3%

* Tuscarora School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.