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West Branch Area School District

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West Branch Area School District is located close to the center of Pennsylvania. West Branch Area School District has 164.00 square miles of land area and 1.46 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Branch Area School District population is 7,557. West Branch Area School District median household income is $48,611 in 2010-2014. West Branch Area School District median house value is $89,300 in 2010-2014. On average, West Branch Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (398 out of 496, bottom 20%) Elementary/Middle School: (466 out of 498, bottom 6%)* Rank: #450
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	7,557 (2010-2014), rank #419
Population Growth	-7.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	45.67/sq mi, rank #460
Median Household Income:	$48,611 at 2010-2014—35.19% increase since 2005-2009, rank #296
Median House Price:	$89,300 at 2010-2014—14.05% increase since 2005-2009, rank #411
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	164.00 sq mi, rank #78
Water Area:	1.46 sq mi (0.88%), rank #101
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Clinton County, Clearfield County
City:	Pottersdale, Westport, Philipsburg, Morrisdale, Munson, Allport, Hawk Run, Karthaus, Frenchville, Woodland, Kylertown, Winburne, Lanse, Grassflat, Drifting
Zip:	16871, 17778, 16866, 16858, 16860, 16821, 16840, 16845, 16836, 16881, 16879, 16849, 16839, 16847, 16834
Area:	Lock Haven, PA;DuBois, PA

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West Branch Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

516 Allport Cutoff

Morrisdale PA, 16858, Clearfield County

Phone: 814-345-6832

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,114	1,101	1,147	1,160	1,245	1,238	1,317
English Language Learner Students:	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	71.33	79.67	86.66	86.00	82.00	96.00	97.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	0.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	28.17	31.67	32.66	33.00	38.00	38.00	40.00
Secondary:	36.16	38.00	42.00	42.00	39.00	51.00	51.00
Ungraded:	1.00	6.00	8.00	8.00	5.00	4.00	3.00
Total Other Staff:	85.67	83.00	85.00	75.00	61.50	62.00	68.50
Instructional Aides:	16.00	23.00	23.00	28.00	18.00	17.00	24.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.67	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	4.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	4.00	1.50
School Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	3.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	2.00	4.00	6.50
Student Support Services:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	52.00	45.00	45.00	32.00	27.50	26.00	25.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.62	13.82	13.24	13.49	15.18	12.90	13.58

Schools

West Branch Area Elementary School		Kindergarten to Grade 6	356 Allport Cutoff, Morrisdale PA 16858
West Branch Area Jshs		Grade 7 to Grade 12	444 Allport Cutoff, Morrisdale PA 16858

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.7%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.5%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.6%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.5%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.4%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.6%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.9%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.7%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.7%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,316,000	$13,353		$17,066,000	$14,712		$15,643,000	$12,565
Federal:	$942,000	$821	6.2%	$2,416,000	$2,083	14.2%	$1,585,000	$1,273	10.1%
State:	$9,947,000	$8,672	64.9%	$10,248,000	$8,834	60.0%	$9,434,000	$7,578	60.3%
Local:	$4,427,000	$3,860	28.9%	$4,402,000	$3,795	25.8%	$4,624,000	$3,714	29.6%
Total Expenditures:	$16,142,000	$14,073		$15,187,000	$13,092		$13,315,000	$10,695
Total Current Expenditures:	$13,908,000	$12,126		$13,046,000	$11,247		$11,636,000	$9,346
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,150,000	$7,977	65.8%	$8,745,000	$7,539	67.0%	$7,506,000	$6,029	64.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,007,000	$878	7.2%	$742,000	$640	5.7%	$726,000	$583	6.2%
Administration:	$931,000	$812	6.7%	$892,000	$769	6.8%	$823,000	$661	7.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,820,000	$2,459	20.3%	$2,667,000	$2,299	20.4%	$2,581,000	$2,073	22.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$599,000	$522		$196,000	$169		$289,000	$232
Construction:	$452,000	$394		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$393,000	$343		$741,000	$639		$435,000	$349

Total Salary:	$7,113,000	$6,201		$6,922,000	$5,967		$6,311,000	$5,069
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,281,000	$4,604	74.2%	$5,349,000	$4,611	77.3%	$4,751,000	$3,816	75.3%
Other Salary:	$1,832,000	$1,597	25.8%	$1,573,000	$1,356	22.7%	$1,560,000	$1,253	24.7%
Total Benefit:	$3,393,000	$2,958		$2,767,000	$2,385		$2,370,000	$1,904
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,647,000	$2,308	78.0%	$2,159,000	$1,861	78.0%	$1,731,000	$1,390	73.0%
Other Benefit:	$746,000	$650	22.0%	$608,000	$524	22.0%	$639,000	$513	27.0%

* West Branch Area 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.