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Pottsgrove School District

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Pottsgrove School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Pottsgrove School District has 15.30 square miles of land area and 0.15 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pottsgrove School District population is 21,413. Pottsgrove School District median household income is $73,177 in 2010-2014. Pottsgrove School District median house value is $204,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Pottsgrove School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (318 out of 496, bottom 36%) Elementary/Middle School: (308 out of 498, bottom 38%)* Rank: #318
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	21,413 (2010-2014), rank #183
Population Growth	2.00% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,386.72/sq mi, rank #104
Median Household Income:	$73,177 at 2010-2014—1.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #61
Median House Price:	$204,400 at 2010-2014—-0.20% increase since 2005-2009, rank #94
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	15.30 sq mi, rank #414
Water Area:	0.15 sq mi (0.94%), rank #374
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Montgomery County
City:	Pottstown, Stowe, Halfway House, Sanatoga, Pottsgrove
Zip:	19464
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Pottsgrove School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1301 Kauffman Rd

Pottstown PA, 19464, Montgomery County

Phone: 610-327-2277

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,196	3,233	3,301	3,342	3,267	3,169	3,164
English Language Learner Students:	36	35	43	38	37	28	34
Total Teachers:	230.00	237.20	226.60	228.03	231.10	233.40	229.10
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	10.00	10.00	10.50	9.50	7.50	1.00	NA
Elementary:	106.04	107.58	104.61	105.91	111.01	117.20	105.70
Secondary:	103.16	111.02	101.09	103.62	104.59	110.20	119.40
Ungraded:	10.80	8.60	10.40	9.00	8.00	5.00	4.00
Total Other Staff:	202.00	208.00	208.00	219.00	204.50	196.00	192.00
Instructional Aides:	99.00	89.00	89.00	97.00	81.50	72.50	80.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.66	3.66	3.66	3.66	3.66	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.34	5.34	5.34	5.34	5.34	6.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	5.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	12.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.50	13.00	13.00
School Administrators:	11.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
School Administrative Support:	14.00	14.00	14.00	13.00	12.50	14.00	12.00
Student Support Services:	NA	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	8.00
Other Support Services:	43.00	48.00	48.00	51.00	50.00	52.50	44.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.90	13.63	14.57	14.66	14.14	13.58	13.81

Schools

Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	1329 Buchert Rd, Pottstown PA 19464
Pottsgrove Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1351 North Hanover St, Pottstown PA 19464
Pottsgrove Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1345 Kauffman Rd, Pottstown PA 19464
Ringing Rocks Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 2	1401 Kauffman Rd, Pottstown PA 19464
West Pottsgrove Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 2	25 Grosstown Rd, Pottstown PA 19464

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.7%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.1%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.9%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.8%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.6%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	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:	$57,812,000	$17,513		$57,357,000	$17,162		$55,095,000	$16,864
Federal:	$1,521,000	$461	2.6%	$2,926,000	$876	5.1%	$2,038,000	$624	3.7%
State:	$15,124,000	$4,582	26.2%	$14,384,000	$4,304	25.1%	$14,252,000	$4,362	25.9%
Local:	$41,167,000	$12,471	71.2%	$40,047,000	$11,983	69.8%	$38,805,000	$11,878	70.4%
Total Expenditures:	$54,883,000	$16,626		$62,802,000	$18,792		$49,031,000	$15,008
Total Current Expenditures:	$45,395,000	$13,752		$44,298,000	$13,255		$42,683,000	$13,065
Instructional Expenditures:	$28,057,000	$8,500	61.8%	$27,222,000	$8,145	61.5%	$26,408,000	$8,083	61.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,001,000	$1,212	8.8%	$3,837,000	$1,148	8.7%	$3,652,000	$1,118	8.6%
Administration:	$5,508,000	$1,669	12.1%	$5,596,000	$1,674	12.6%	$5,159,000	$1,579	12.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,829,000	$2,372	17.2%	$7,643,000	$2,287	17.3%	$7,464,000	$2,285	17.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,105,000	$1,244		$12,985,000	$3,885		$928,000	$284
Construction:	$3,551,000	$1,076		$12,443,000	$3,723		$0	$0
Total Other:	$19,000	$6		$37,000	$11		$88,000	$27
Interest on Debt:	$1,132,000	$343		$1,076,000	$322		$804,000	$246

Total Salary:	$25,242,000	$7,647		$25,513,000	$7,634		$25,012,000	$7,656
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$18,295,000	$5,542	72.5%	$18,567,000	$5,556	72.8%	$18,167,000	$5,561	72.6%
Other Salary:	$6,947,000	$2,105	27.5%	$6,946,000	$2,078	27.2%	$6,845,000	$2,095	27.4%
Total Benefit:	$11,690,000	$3,541		$10,344,000	$3,095		$8,740,000	$2,675
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$8,174,000	$2,476	69.9%	$7,097,000	$2,124	68.6%	$5,989,000	$1,833	68.5%
Other Benefit:	$3,516,000	$1,065	30.1%	$3,247,000	$972	31.4%	$2,751,000	$842	31.5%

* Pottsgrove School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.