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West Perry School District

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West Perry School District is located close to the center of Pennsylvania. West Perry School District has 312.99 square miles of land area and 1.26 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Perry School District population is 18,972. West Perry School District median household income is $57,242 in 2010-2014. West Perry School District median house value is $164,600 in 2010-2014. On average, West Perry School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (444 out of 496, bottom 10%) Elementary/Middle School: (450 out of 498, bottom 10%)* Rank: #462
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	18,972 (2010-2014), rank #220
Population Growth	5.87% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	60.37/sq mi, rank #428
Median Household Income:	$57,242 at 2010-2014—11.18% increase since 2005-2009, rank #175
Median House Price:	$164,600 at 2010-2014—16.16% increase since 2005-2009, rank #173
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	312.99 sq mi, rank #21
Water Area:	1.26 sq mi (0.40%), rank #117
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Perry County
City:	Elliottsburg, Loysville, Landisburg, New Germantown, Blain, Shermans Dale, Ickesburg, Newport, Millerstown, Honey Grove, New Bloomfield, Marysville, Bloomfield Borough
Zip:	17024, 17047, 17040, 17071, 17006, 17090, 17037, 17074, 17062, 17035, 17068, 17053
Area:	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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West Perry School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2606 Shermans Valley Rd

Elliottsburg PA, 17024, Perry County

Phone: 717-789-3934

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,527	2,583	2,600	2,689	2,670	2,700	2,762
English Language Learner Students:	5	8	2	0	1	3	3
Total Teachers:	174.60	171.60	180.70	190.90	200.40	359.90	226.80
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	10.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	10.50	7.00
Elementary:	70.90	69.80	74.60	74.80	78.60	151.20	88.20
Secondary:	77.80	76.80	81.80	86.80	89.50	159.00	104.00
Ungraded:	15.90	16.00	16.30	20.30	23.30	39.20	27.60
Total Other Staff:	144.80	171.80	173.80	177.50	183.00	211.10	204.00
Instructional Aides:	63.00	67.00	67.00	70.00	71.50	76.50	81.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	5.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	6.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.50	8.00	15.00	9.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	5.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.50	5.00	10.00	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.80	3.80	3.80	4.00	4.00	8.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	15.00	18.00	18.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	22.00
School Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	15.00	8.00
School Administrative Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Student Support Services:	NA	5.00	12.00	11.00	11.00	12.10	13.00
Other Support Services:	41.00	51.00	50.00	45.00	49.50	49.50	54.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.47	15.05	14.39	14.09	13.32	7.50	12.18

Schools

Blain Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	132 Blain Rd, Blain PA 17006
Carroll Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	6670 Spring Rd, Shermans Dale PA 17090
New Bloomfield Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	300 West High St, New Bloomfield PA 17068
West Perry Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	2620 Shermans Valley Rd, Elliottsburg PA 17024
West Perry Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2608 Shermans Valley Rd, Elliottsburg PA 17024

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.1%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.4%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.9%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.9%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	49.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.9%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.4%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	43.2%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	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:	$34,270,000	$13,181		$35,642,000	$13,255		$35,370,000	$13,247
Federal:	$1,130,000	$435	3.3%	$2,822,000	$1,049	7.9%	$2,361,000	$884	6.7%
State:	$15,210,000	$5,850	44.4%	$14,512,000	$5,397	40.7%	$15,171,000	$5,682	42.9%
Local:	$17,930,000	$6,896	52.3%	$18,308,000	$6,808	51.4%	$17,838,000	$6,681	50.4%
Total Expenditures:	$30,788,000	$11,842		$32,913,000	$12,240		$31,582,000	$11,828
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,967,000	$10,372		$29,156,000	$10,843		$27,976,000	$10,478
Instructional Expenditures:	$15,717,000	$6,045	58.3%	$16,909,000	$6,288	58.0%	$16,346,000	$6,122	58.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,952,000	$751	7.2%	$2,350,000	$874	8.1%	$2,336,000	$875	8.4%
Administration:	$2,594,000	$998	9.6%	$2,748,000	$1,022	9.4%	$2,686,000	$1,006	9.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,704,000	$2,578	24.9%	$7,149,000	$2,659	24.5%	$6,608,000	$2,475	23.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$73,000	$28		$198,000	$74		$350,000	$131
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$263,000	$101		$421,000	$157		$434,000	$163
Interest on Debt:	$665,000	$256		$705,000	$262		$748,000	$280

Total Salary:	$14,100,000	$5,423		$15,626,000	$5,811		$15,781,000	$5,910
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,299,000	$3,961	73.0%	$11,360,000	$4,225	72.7%	$11,505,000	$4,309	72.9%
Other Salary:	$3,801,000	$1,462	27.0%	$4,266,000	$1,586	27.3%	$4,276,000	$1,601	27.1%
Total Benefit:	$6,248,000	$2,403		$6,192,000	$2,303		$6,185,000	$2,316
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,353,000	$1,674	69.7%	$4,244,000	$1,578	68.5%	$4,134,000	$1,548	66.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,895,000	$729	30.3%	$1,948,000	$724	31.5%	$2,051,000	$768	33.2%

* West Perry 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.