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Shenango Area School District

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Shenango Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Shenango Area School District has 24.71 square miles of land area and 0.08 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Shenango Area School District population is 8,016. Shenango Area School District median household income is $50,794 in 2010-2014. Shenango Area School District median house value is $110,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Shenango Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (80 out of 496, top 16%) Elementary/Middle School: (152 out of 498, top 31%)* Rank: #111
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	8,016 (2010-2014), rank #404
Population Growth	-4.51% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	323.45/sq mi, rank #243
Median Household Income:	$50,794 at 2010-2014—1.27% increase since 2005-2009, rank #252
Median House Price:	$110,700 at 2010-2014—-1.25% increase since 2005-2009, rank #344
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	24.71 sq mi, rank #369
Water Area:	0.08 sq mi (0.31%), rank #399
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lawrence County
City:	South New Castle, Wampum
Zip:	16102, 16157, 16101
Area:	New Castle, PA

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Shenango Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2501 Old Pittsburgh Rd

New Castle PA, 16101, Lawrence County

Phone: 724-658-7287

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,176	1,171	1,212	1,260	1,303	1,315	1,346
English Language Learner Students:	0	2	4	4	5	6	6
Total Teachers:	85.00	85.50	86.50	88.50	91.10	88.90	96.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	6.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary:	35.40	35.77	38.14	39.14	37.14	38.10	38.10
Secondary:	43.35	43.15	42.78	42.96	44.46	43.40	50.50
Ungraded:	2.25	2.58	1.58	1.40	3.50	3.40	3.40
Total Other Staff:	70.00	72.00	73.00	74.00	66.00	66.00	65.00
Instructional Aides:	12.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	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:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.50	5.50	5.50
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Student Support Services:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Other Support Services:	34.00	34.00	34.00	33.00	28.50	28.50	26.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.84	13.70	14.01	14.24	14.30	14.79	14.02

Schools

Shenango Elementary School		Kindergarten to Grade 6	2501 Old Pittsburgh Rd, New Castle PA 16101
Shenango High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	2550 Ellwood Rd, New Castle PA 16101

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.5%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.4%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	23.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.6%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,821,000	$13,054		$16,329,000	$12,960		$16,065,000	$12,329
Federal:	$253,000	$209	1.6%	$1,557,000	$1,236	9.5%	$1,093,000	$839	6.8%
State:	$9,917,000	$8,182	62.7%	$8,994,000	$7,138	55.1%	$9,241,000	$7,092	57.5%
Local:	$5,651,000	$4,663	35.7%	$5,778,000	$4,586	35.4%	$5,731,000	$4,398	35.7%
Total Expenditures:	$14,958,000	$12,342		$15,215,000	$12,075		$15,086,000	$11,578
Total Current Expenditures:	$13,788,000	$11,376		$13,701,000	$10,874		$13,105,000	$10,058
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,206,000	$7,596	66.8%	$9,086,000	$7,211	66.3%	$8,732,000	$6,701	66.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$822,000	$678	6.0%	$752,000	$597	5.5%	$775,000	$595	5.9%
Administration:	$1,423,000	$1,174	10.3%	$1,524,000	$1,210	11.1%	$1,242,000	$953	9.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,337,000	$1,928	16.9%	$2,339,000	$1,856	17.1%	$2,356,000	$1,808	18.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$185,000	$153		$276,000	$219		$591,000	$454
Construction:	$42,000	$35		$12,000	$10		$163,000	$125
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$47,000	$39		$79,000	$63		$103,000	$79

Total Salary:	$8,430,000	$6,955		$8,443,000	$6,701		$8,014,000	$6,150
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,304,000	$5,201	74.8%	$6,255,000	$4,964	74.1%	$6,090,000	$4,674	76.0%
Other Salary:	$2,126,000	$1,754	25.2%	$2,188,000	$1,737	25.9%	$1,924,000	$1,477	24.0%
Total Benefit:	$3,222,000	$2,658		$2,872,000	$2,279		$2,674,000	$2,052
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,340,000	$1,931	72.6%	$2,092,000	$1,660	72.8%	$1,952,000	$1,498	73.0%
Other Benefit:	$882,000	$728	27.4%	$780,000	$619	27.2%	$722,000	$554	27.0%

* Shenango Area 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.