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Salisbury Township School District

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Salisbury Township School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Salisbury Township School District has 11.17 square miles of land area and 0.10 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Salisbury Township School District population is 13,619. Salisbury Township School District median household income is $69,685 in 2010-2014. Salisbury Township School District median house value is $211,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Salisbury Township School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (121 out of 496, top 24%) Elementary/Middle School: (96 out of 498, top 19%)* Rank: #103
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	13,619 (2010-2014), rank #301
Population Growth	-2.30% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,208.24/sq mi, rank #113
Median Household Income:	$69,685 at 2010-2014—0.84% increase since 2005-2009, rank #72
Median House Price:	$211,100 at 2010-2014—-4.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #80
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	11.17 sq mi, rank #435
Water Area:	0.10 sq mi (0.89%), rank #389
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lehigh County
City:	Allentown, Emmaus, Bethlehem, Dorneyville
Zip:	18103, 18049, 18015
Area:	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

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Salisbury Township School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1140 Salisbury Rd

Allentown PA, 18103, Lehigh County

Phone: 610-797-2062

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,615	1,592	1,608	1,629	1,669	1,719	1,795
English Language Learner Students:	62	69	64	58	63	71	70
Total Teachers:	108.29	108.70	114.21	119.81	125.31	124.10	126.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	2.50	2.99	2.50	2.50	2.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	45.72	44.79	46.10	46.88	51.91	53.10	52.90
Secondary:	56.29	56.94	60.40	64.96	65.93	63.60	67.00
Ungraded:	3.78	3.98	5.21	5.47	5.47	4.40	3.50
Total Other Staff:	124.50	143.52	142.52	147.50	108.50	105.00	109.00
Instructional Aides:	46.00	45.00	45.00	46.00	22.00	21.00	21.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.54	1.54	1.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	6.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.33	1.76	0.73	1.50	2.00	2.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.67	4.24	3.27	3.50	3.00	3.00	2.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	3.50	4.00	4.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	9.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.50	7.50	7.50
School Administrators:	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	8.00	8.00	13.00	10.50	10.50	10.00
Student Support Services:	NA	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	6.00	8.00
Other Support Services:	39.00	49.48	49.48	45.00	34.00	34.00	35.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.91	14.65	14.08	13.60	13.32	13.85	14.20

Schools

Harry S Truman Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1400 Gaskill Ave, Allentown PA 18103
Salisbury Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	3301 Devonshire Rd, Allentown PA 18103
Salisbury Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	500 East Montgomery St, Allentown PA 18103
Western Salisbury Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	3201 Devonshire Rd, Allentown PA 18103

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.1%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.7%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.1%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.7%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.8%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.5%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.5%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	41.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	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:	$30,624,000	$19,045		$30,271,000	$18,583		$28,947,000	$17,344
Federal:	$467,000	$290	1.5%	$1,216,000	$746	4.0%	$1,030,000	$617	3.6%
State:	$5,423,000	$3,373	17.7%	$5,211,000	$3,199	17.2%	$5,228,000	$3,132	18.1%
Local:	$24,734,000	$15,382	80.8%	$23,844,000	$14,637	78.8%	$22,689,000	$13,594	78.4%
Total Expenditures:	$30,770,000	$19,136		$35,408,000	$21,736		$38,530,000	$23,086
Total Current Expenditures:	$23,421,000	$14,565		$23,422,000	$14,378		$23,372,000	$14,004
Instructional Expenditures:	$13,330,000	$8,290	56.9%	$13,217,000	$8,114	56.4%	$13,971,000	$8,371	59.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,654,000	$1,650	11.3%	$2,813,000	$1,727	12.0%	$2,812,000	$1,685	12.0%
Administration:	$2,725,000	$1,695	11.6%	$2,751,000	$1,689	11.7%	$2,110,000	$1,264	9.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,712,000	$2,930	20.1%	$4,641,000	$2,849	19.8%	$4,479,000	$2,684	19.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,758,000	$1,715		$7,435,000	$4,564		$11,577,000	$6,936
Construction:	$2,734,000	$1,700		$7,032,000	$4,317		$11,327,000	$6,787
Total Other:	$265,000	$165		$251,000	$154		$234,000	$140
Interest on Debt:	$1,478,000	$919		$1,460,000	$896		$1,003,000	$601

Total Salary:	$13,504,000	$8,398		$13,674,000	$8,394		$13,615,000	$8,158
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,245,000	$5,749	68.5%	$9,344,000	$5,736	68.3%	$9,585,000	$5,743	70.4%
Other Salary:	$4,259,000	$2,649	31.5%	$4,330,000	$2,658	31.7%	$4,030,000	$2,415	29.6%
Total Benefit:	$5,317,000	$3,307		$5,019,000	$3,081		$4,587,000	$2,748
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,539,000	$2,201	66.6%	$3,399,000	$2,087	67.7%	$3,233,000	$1,937	70.5%
Other Benefit:	$1,778,000	$1,106	33.4%	$1,620,000	$994	32.3%	$1,354,000	$811	29.5%

* Salisbury Township 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.