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State College Area School District is located close to the center of Pennsylvania. State College Area School District has 151.10 square miles of land area and 0.02 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total State College Area School District population is 93,124. State College Area School District median household income is $49,621 in 2010-2014. State College Area School District median house value is $246,800 in 2010-2014. On average, State College Area School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (34 out of 496, top 7%) Elementary/Middle School: (66 out of 498, top 13%)* Rank: #48
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	93,124 (2010-2014), rank #9
Population Growth	8.51% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	616.19/sq mi, rank #170
Median Household Income:	$49,621 at 2010-2014—14.72% increase since 2005-2009, rank #270
Median House Price:	$246,800 at 2010-2014—12.80% increase since 2005-2009, rank #51
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	151.10 sq mi, rank #83
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.02%), rank #439
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Centre County
City:	State College, Port Matilda, Bellefonte, Toftrees, Park Forest Village, Boalsburg, Centre Hall, Warriors Mark, Stormstown, Pennsylvania Furnace, Ramblewood, Pine Grove Mills, Baileyville, Lemont, University Park, Houserville
Zip:	16801, 16803, 16802, 16870, 16823, 16827, 16828, 16877, 16865, 16868, 16851
Area:	State College, PA

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State College Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

131 West Nittany Ave

State College PA, 16801, Centre County

Phone: 814-231-1011

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	6,744	6,794	6,848	6,944	7,022	7,010	7,094
English Language Learner Students:	169	176	155	151	143	187	171
Total Teachers:	520.60	530.83	537.57	550.46	553.33	553.10	549.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	21.00	23.00	23.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	22.00
Elementary:	196.50	198.07	201.67	208.24	202.83	205.70	203.90
Secondary:	254.93	260.09	267.40	276.72	283.00	281.90	279.10
Ungraded:	48.17	49.67	45.50	44.50	46.50	44.50	44.50
Total Other Staff:	621.80	776.60	773.07	806.85	732.24	716.70	714.60
Instructional Aides:	238.00	259.00	259.00	272.00	233.00	227.50	215.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	8.50	10.00	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	21.40	21.20	21.20	21.20	22.20	22.20	23.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	7.06	7.86	9.30	9.20	9.20	9.20	9.20
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	14.34	13.34	11.90	12.00	13.00	13.00	14.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	11.50	12.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	12.00	13.00
Library/Media Support:	12.00	17.00	17.00	19.00	19.00	18.00	19.50
District Administrators:	7.00	8.88	8.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
District Administrative Support:	28.00	27.00	27.00	28.00	31.50	32.00	39.00
School Administrators:	16.90	17.00	19.50	20.00	21.00	19.00	20.00
School Administrative Support:	34.00	38.00	38.00	39.00	40.00	41.00	34.50
Student Support Services:	NA	35.02	27.57	30.35	30.24	30.70	26.60
Other Support Services:	253.00	333.00	333.80	346.80	302.80	294.80	304.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.95	12.80	12.74	12.61	12.69	12.67	12.91

Schools

Corl Street Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	235 Corl St, State College PA 16801
Easterly Parkway Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	234 Easterly Parkway, State College PA 16801
Ferguson Twp Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	215 West Pine Grove Rd, Pine Grove Mills PA 16868
Gray's Woods Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	160 Brackenbourne Dr, Port Matilda PA 16870
Houserville/Lemont Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	675 Elmwood St, State College PA 16801
Mount Nittany Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	700 Brandywine Dr, State College PA 16801
Mount Nittany Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	656 Brandywine Dr, State College PA 16801
Park Forest Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2181 School Dr, State College PA 16803
Park Forest Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	2180 School Dr, State College PA 16803
Radio Park Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	800 West Cherry Ln, State College PA 16803
State College Area High School	Grade 8 to Grade 12	653 Westerly Parkway, State College PA 16801

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.1%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.4%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	81%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.1%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.8%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.1%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.2%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.5%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.4%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87%	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:	$116,648,000	$17,034		$115,904,000	$16,691		$111,887,000	$15,934
Federal:	$2,384,000	$348	2.0%	$4,284,000	$617	3.7%	$3,577,000	$509	3.2%
State:	$17,811,000	$2,601	15.3%	$17,094,000	$2,462	14.7%	$17,369,000	$2,474	15.5%
Local:	$96,453,000	$14,085	82.7%	$94,526,000	$13,613	81.6%	$90,941,000	$12,951	81.3%
Total Expenditures:	$111,698,000	$16,311		$133,913,000	$19,285		$107,105,000	$15,253
Total Current Expenditures:	$96,208,000	$14,049		$97,459,000	$14,035		$94,372,000	$13,439
Instructional Expenditures:	$62,200,000	$9,083	64.7%	$62,724,000	$9,033	64.4%	$60,540,000	$8,621	64.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$8,636,000	$1,261	9.0%	$8,752,000	$1,260	9.0%	$8,557,000	$1,219	9.1%
Administration:	$9,496,000	$1,387	9.9%	$9,620,000	$1,385	9.9%	$9,281,000	$1,322	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$15,876,000	$2,318	16.5%	$16,363,000	$2,356	16.8%	$15,994,000	$2,278	16.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$8,014,000	$1,170		$29,786,000	$4,289		$6,437,000	$917
Construction:	$5,770,000	$843		$27,237,000	$3,922		$3,122,000	$445
Total Other:	$493,000	$72		$647,000	$93		$641,000	$91
Interest on Debt:	$2,563,000	$374		$1,793,000	$258		$1,866,000	$266

Total Salary:	$58,687,000	$8,570		$61,679,000	$8,882		$59,788,000	$8,514
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$42,278,000	$6,174	72.0%	$44,319,000	$6,382	71.9%	$42,434,000	$6,043	71.0%
Other Salary:	$16,409,000	$2,396	28.0%	$17,360,000	$2,500	28.1%	$17,354,000	$2,471	29.0%
Total Benefit:	$23,876,000	$3,487		$21,524,000	$3,100		$19,457,000	$2,771
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$16,455,000	$2,403	68.9%	$14,719,000	$2,120	68.4%	$13,147,000	$1,872	67.6%
Other Benefit:	$7,421,000	$1,084	31.1%	$6,805,000	$980	31.6%	$6,310,000	$899	32.4%

* State College Area School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.