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Upper Adams School District

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Upper Adams School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Upper Adams School District has 83.48 square miles of land area and 0.26 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Upper Adams School District population is 10,828. Upper Adams School District median household income is $53,567 in 2006-2010. Upper Adams School District median house value is $175,900 in 2006-2010. On average, Upper Adams School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (315 out of 496, bottom 36%) Elementary/Middle School: (273 out of 498, bottom 45%)* Rank: #444
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	10,828 (2010), rank #346
Population Growth	-3.04% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	129.31/sq mi, rank #351
Median Household Income:	$53,567 at 2006-2010—4.57% increase since 2005-2009, rank #181
Median House Price:	$175,900 at 2006-2010—3.65% increase since 2005-2009, rank #135
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	83.48 sq mi, rank #192
Water Area:	0.26 sq mi (0.31%), rank #316
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Adams County
City:	Gardners, Aspers, Gettysburg, New Oxford, York Springs, Heidlersburg, Biglerville, Floradale, Table Rock, Bendersville, Arendtsville
Zip:	17324, 17304, 17325, 17350, 17372, 17307, 17306
Area:	Gettysburg, PA

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Upper Adams School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

161 North Main St

Biglerville PA, 17307, Adams County

Phone: 717-677-7191

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,731	1,748	1,780
English Language Learner Students:	96	88	95
Total Teachers:	118.12	114.60	115.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	6.00	7.00
Elementary:	54.50	52.50	52.50
Secondary:	54.62	53.10	52.90
Ungraded:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Other Staff:	123.18	126.50	114.30
Instructional Aides:	26.50	26.00	20.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	4.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	1.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	6.00	5.50	5.00
District Administrators:	5.30	5.30	4.30
District Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	6.00
School Administrators:	10.56	10.50	9.50
School Administrative Support:	9.00	10.00	9.00
Student Support Services:	5.32	6.20	5.20
Other Support Services:	44.50	48.00	47.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.65	15.25	15.42

Schools

Arendtsville Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	136 Fohl St, Arendtsville PA 17303
Bendersville Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	137 Carlisle St, Bendersville PA 17306
Biglerville Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	3270 Biglerville Rd, Biglerville PA 17307
Biglerville High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	161 North Main St, Biglerville PA 17307
Upper Adams Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	161 North Main St, Biglerville PA 17307

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.6%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	60.3%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.5%	69.1%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.3%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	40.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	83.5%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	77.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	85.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	73.3%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	67.3%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	67.1%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	78.8%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	69.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	78.6%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	76.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	81.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	58.3%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	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:	$22,787,000	$13,036		$22,398,000	$12,583		$21,812,000	$12,344
Federal:	$906,000	$518	4.0%	$1,553,000	$872	6.9%	$1,800,000	$1,019	8.3%
State:	$9,943,000	$5,688	43.6%	$8,768,000	$4,926	39.1%	$8,495,000	$4,808	38.9%
Local:	$11,938,000	$6,830	52.4%	$12,077,000	$6,785	53.9%	$11,517,000	$6,518	52.8%
Total Expenditures:	$20,756,000	$11,874		$20,365,000	$11,441		$21,814,000	$12,345
Total Current Expenditures:	$17,781,000	$10,172		$17,592,000	$9,883		$16,876,000	$9,551
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,520,000	$6,018	59.2%	$10,674,000	$5,997	60.7%	$10,513,000	$5,950	62.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,937,000	$1,108	10.9%	$1,751,000	$984	10.0%	$1,568,000	$887	9.3%
Administration:	$1,967,000	$1,125	11.1%	$1,921,000	$1,079	10.9%	$1,751,000	$991	10.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,357,000	$1,920	18.9%	$3,246,000	$1,824	18.5%	$3,044,000	$1,723	18.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$490,000	$280		$314,000	$176		$2,529,000	$1,431
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$2,285,000	$1,293
Total Other:	$26,000	$15		$25,000	$14		$25,000	$14
Interest on Debt:	$853,000	$488		$870,000	$489		$845,000	$478

Total Salary:	$10,720,000	$6,133		$10,183,000	$5,721		$9,611,000	$5,439
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,314,000	$4,184	68.2%	$7,052,000	$3,962	69.3%	$6,744,000	$3,817	70.2%
Other Salary:	$3,406,000	$1,949	31.8%	$3,131,000	$1,759	30.7%	$2,867,000	$1,623	29.8%
Total Benefit:	$3,394,000	$1,942		$3,507,000	$1,970		$3,252,000	$1,840
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,272,000	$1,300	66.9%	$2,353,000	$1,322	67.1%	$2,198,000	$1,244	67.6%
Other Benefit:	$1,122,000	$642	33.1%	$1,154,000	$648	32.9%	$1,054,000	$596	32.4%

* Upper Adams School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.