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Yough School District

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Yough School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Yough School District has 74.55 square miles of land area and 0.72 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Yough School District population is 15,941. Yough School District median household income is $48,459 in 2010-2014. Yough School District median house value is $110,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Yough School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (288 out of 496, bottom 42%) Elementary/Middle School: (311 out of 498, bottom 38%)* Rank: #303
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	15,941 (2010-2014), rank #260
Population Growth	-6.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	211.77/sq mi, rank #296
Median Household Income:	$48,459 at 2010-2014—19.06% increase since 2005-2009, rank #298
Median House Price:	$110,500 at 2010-2014—7.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #345
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	74.55 sq mi, rank #211
Water Area:	0.72 sq mi (0.96%), rank #199
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Westmoreland County
City:	West Newton, Sutersville, Smithton, Ruffs Dale, Jacobs Creek, Yukon, Wyano, Lowber, Irwin, Rillton, Herminie, Hutchinson, Madison, Arona
Zip:	15089, 15083, 15479, 15679, 15448, 15698, 15695, 15660, 15642, 15678, 15637, 15640, 15663, 15617, 15672
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Yough School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

915 Lowber Rd

Herminie PA, 15637, Westmoreland County

Phone: 724-446-7272

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,188	2,271	2,196	2,323	2,335	2,423	2,439
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total Teachers:	150.10	171.00	166.60	149.50	149.00	150.90	147.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	8.00	8.00	7.50	7.00	7.00	6.00	8.00
Elementary:	68.86	72.47	72.47	73.37	73.87	74.80	71.30
Secondary:	65.49	88.53	85.63	68.13	68.13	70.10	67.70
Ungraded:	7.75	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Other Staff:	116.90	117.00	119.86	109.50	86.00	89.50	87.50
Instructional Aides:	15.00	14.00	14.00	15.00	14.00	16.00	16.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	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:	4.90	5.00	5.20	2.50	2.50	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.50	0.50	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	5.00	7.00
School Administrators:	7.00	7.00	8.66	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.50	9.50	8.50
Student Support Services:	NA	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	64.00	64.00	64.00	58.00	38.50	41.50	36.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.58	13.28	13.18	15.54	15.67	16.06	16.59

Schools

H W Good Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1464 Herminiewn Rd, Herminie PA 15637
Mendon Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	164 Route 31, Ruffs Dale PA 15679
West Newton Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1208 Vine St, West Newton PA 15089
Yough Intrmd/Ms School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	171 Route 31, Ruffs Dale PA 15679
Yough Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	919 Lowber Rd, Herminie PA 15637

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.4%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.2%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.4%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.7%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.9%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.9%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.1%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.6%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.9%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$28,913,000	$13,166		$30,042,000	$12,932		$29,585,000	$12,670
Federal:	$1,745,000	$795	6.0%	$3,458,000	$1,489	11.5%	$2,922,000	$1,251	9.9%
State:	$15,475,000	$7,047	53.5%	$14,721,000	$6,337	49.0%	$14,532,000	$6,224	49.1%
Local:	$11,693,000	$5,325	40.4%	$11,863,000	$5,107	39.5%	$12,131,000	$5,195	41.0%
Total Expenditures:	$27,190,000	$12,382		$26,511,000	$11,412		$25,282,000	$10,827
Total Current Expenditures:	$23,708,000	$10,796		$23,141,000	$9,962		$22,568,000	$9,665
Instructional Expenditures:	$14,372,000	$6,545	60.6%	$14,576,000	$6,275	63.0%	$14,186,000	$6,075	62.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,432,000	$652	6.0%	$1,342,000	$578	5.8%	$1,281,000	$549	5.7%
Administration:	$2,857,000	$1,301	12.1%	$2,490,000	$1,072	10.8%	$2,442,000	$1,046	10.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,047,000	$2,298	21.3%	$4,733,000	$2,037	20.5%	$4,659,000	$1,995	20.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$817,000	$372		$219,000	$94		$175,000	$75
Construction:	$359,000	$163		$32,000	$14		$14,000	$6
Total Other:	$8,000	$4		$4,000	$2		$8,000	$3
Interest on Debt:	$1,059,000	$482		$1,186,000	$511		$1,192,000	$510

Total Salary:	$12,795,000	$5,827		$12,331,000	$5,308		$12,141,000	$5,200
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,955,000	$4,078	70.0%	$8,891,000	$3,827	72.1%	$8,833,000	$3,783	72.8%
Other Salary:	$3,840,000	$1,749	30.0%	$3,440,000	$1,481	27.9%	$3,308,000	$1,417	27.2%
Total Benefit:	$5,381,000	$2,450		$5,570,000	$2,398		$5,006,000	$2,144
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,962,000	$1,804	73.6%	$4,154,000	$1,788	74.6%	$3,849,000	$1,648	76.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,419,000	$646	26.4%	$1,416,000	$610	25.4%	$1,157,000	$496	23.1%

* Yough 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.