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Northwestern Lehigh School District

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Northwestern Lehigh School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Northwestern Lehigh School District has 106.67 square miles of land area and 0.55 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Northwestern Lehigh School District population is 14,952. Northwestern Lehigh School District median household income is $75,702 in 2010-2014. Northwestern Lehigh School District median house value is $260,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Northwestern Lehigh School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (139 out of 496, top 28%) Elementary/Middle School: (151 out of 498, top 30%)* Rank: #145
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	14,952 (2010-2014), rank #275
Population Growth	0.38% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	139.45/sq mi, rank #342
Median Household Income:	$75,702 at 2010-2014—3.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #54
Median House Price:	$260,300 at 2010-2014—3.66% increase since 2005-2009, rank #44
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	106.67 sq mi, rank #139
Water Area:	0.55 sq mi (0.51%), rank #237
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lehigh County
City:	Fogelsville, Breinigsville, Kutztown, New Tripoli, Kempton, Orefield, Schnecksville, Germansville, Slatington
Zip:	18051, 18031, 19530, 18066, 19529, 18069, 18078, 18053, 18080
Area:	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

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Northwestern Lehigh School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

6493 Route 309

New Tripoli PA, 18066, Lehigh County

Phone: 610-298-8661

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,237	2,239	2,278	2,337	2,366	2,339	2,378
English Language Learner Students:	4	7	12	6	8	0	12
Total Teachers:	154.72	155.82	151.89	156.40	166.07	169.90	168.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	4.00	3.50	3.50	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary:	66.58	66.03	65.68	68.13	71.73	73.40	73.90
Secondary:	71.65	71.99	72.92	77.04	82.36	82.50	80.10
Ungraded:	13.49	13.80	9.79	7.73	7.98	10.00	10.00
Total Other Staff:	217.80	223.30	220.80	193.80	164.00	182.00	186.00
Instructional Aides:	52.00	45.00	45.00	37.00	23.50	37.00	45.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.50	2.90	2.90	2.50	3.40	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.50	4.10	4.10	4.50	3.60	5.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.80	3.80	3.80	3.80	3.20	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.00
District Administrators:	6.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	NA
District Administrative Support:	14.00	16.00	16.00	12.00	9.00	11.00	10.00
School Administrators:	5.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	13.00	12.00	12.00	10.00	22.00	22.00	17.00
Student Support Services:	NA	6.50	4.00	5.00	5.80	6.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	114.00	117.00	117.00	104.00	77.50	79.00	89.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.46	14.37	15.00	14.94	14.25	13.77	14.15

Schools

Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	6493 Route 309, New Tripoli PA 18066
Northwestern Lehigh High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	6493 Route 309, New Tripoli PA 18066
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	6636 Northwest Rd, New Tripoli PA 18066
Weisenberg Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2665 Golden Key Rd, Kutztown PA 19530

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.9%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.5%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.2%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$36,775,000	$16,144		$37,409,000	$16,007		$36,718,000	$15,519
Federal:	$424,000	$186	1.2%	$1,511,000	$647	4.0%	$1,225,000	$518	3.3%
State:	$10,077,000	$4,424	27.4%	$9,720,000	$4,159	26.0%	$10,202,000	$4,312	27.8%
Local:	$26,274,000	$11,534	71.4%	$26,178,000	$11,202	70.0%	$25,291,000	$10,689	68.9%
Total Expenditures:	$32,916,000	$14,450		$34,463,000	$14,747		$42,752,000	$18,069
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,291,000	$11,541		$26,195,000	$11,209		$26,006,000	$10,992
Instructional Expenditures:	$15,489,000	$6,799	58.9%	$15,365,000	$6,575	58.7%	$15,217,000	$6,432	58.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,188,000	$960	8.3%	$2,164,000	$926	8.3%	$2,137,000	$903	8.2%
Administration:	$2,926,000	$1,284	11.1%	$2,636,000	$1,128	10.1%	$2,706,000	$1,144	10.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,688,000	$2,497	21.6%	$6,030,000	$2,580	23.0%	$5,946,000	$2,513	22.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,533,000	$673		$3,232,000	$1,383		$11,670,000	$4,932
Construction:	$602,000	$264		$2,571,000	$1,100		$11,320,000	$4,784
Total Other:	$294,000	$129		$297,000	$127		$307,000	$130
Interest on Debt:	$1,661,000	$729		$1,760,000	$753		$1,932,000	$817

Total Salary:	$16,489,000	$7,238		$16,442,000	$7,036		$16,691,000	$7,055
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,737,000	$4,713	65.1%	$10,718,000	$4,586	65.2%	$10,827,000	$4,576	64.9%
Other Salary:	$5,752,000	$2,525	34.9%	$5,724,000	$2,449	34.8%	$5,864,000	$2,478	35.1%
Total Benefit:	$5,939,000	$2,607		$5,525,000	$2,364		$5,539,000	$2,341
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,831,000	$1,682	64.5%	$3,441,000	$1,472	62.3%	$3,469,000	$1,466	62.6%
Other Benefit:	$2,108,000	$925	35.5%	$2,084,000	$892	37.7%	$2,070,000	$875	37.4%

* Northwestern Lehigh School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.