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Altoona Area School District

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Altoona Area School District is located close to the center of Pennsylvania. Altoona Area School District has 69.81 square miles of land area and 0.38 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Altoona Area School District population is 59,300. Altoona Area School District median household income is $38,198 in 2010-2014. Altoona Area School District median house value is $89,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Altoona Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (109 out of 496, top 22%) Elementary/Middle School: (332 out of 498, bottom 33%)* Rank: #214
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	14
Population	59,300 (2010-2014), rank #29
Population Growth	-0.72% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	844.91/sq mi, rank #145
Median Household Income:	$38,198 at 2010-2014—3.23% increase since 2005-2009, rank #458
Median House Price:	$89,400 at 2010-2014—7.07% increase since 2005-2009, rank #410
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	69.81 sq mi, rank #232
Water Area:	0.38 sq mi (0.54%), rank #283
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Blair County
City:	Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Ashville, Dysart, Lakemont, Greenwood
Zip:	16601, 16602, 16648, 16613, 16636
Area:	Altoona, PA

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Altoona Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1415 6th Ave

Altoona PA, 16602, Blair County

Phone: 814-946-8211

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,820	7,816	7,910	7,984	7,995	8,032	8,070
English Language Learner Students:	22	21	12	14	11	8	12
Total Teachers:	507.90	510.37	496.77	528.82	527.97	524.20	516.50
Prekindergarten:	7.00	4.00	2.00	4.00	6.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	28.00	26.00	25.00	28.00	32.00	30.00	31.00
Elementary:	205.43	197.21	186.00	205.75	207.00	209.90	205.00
Secondary:	215.64	224.97	226.47	230.67	223.47	229.90	235.20
Ungraded:	51.83	58.19	57.30	60.40	59.50	53.40	44.30
Total Other Staff:	582.10	660.63	655.63	665.68	530.33	515.70	538.50
Instructional Aides:	250.00	291.00	291.00	286.00	181.50	165.00	197.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	4.50	4.50	3.50	5.50	4.50	5.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	18.00	17.75	17.75	18.00	18.00	18.00	16.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	13.00	12.75	12.75	13.00	13.00	13.00	11.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	NA	3.80	4.80	4.80	4.80	5.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	6.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	9.00	7.00
District Administrative Support:	22.00	42.00	42.00	46.00	50.00	49.50	53.50
School Administrators:	29.10	32.50	24.50	31.50	31.50	29.50	28.50
School Administrative Support:	47.00	44.00	44.00	43.00	42.00	45.50	31.00
Student Support Services:	NA	15.08	14.08	15.88	13.03	13.70	14.50
Other Support Services:	210.00	203.00	205.00	209.00	175.00	175.00	178.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.40	15.31	15.92	15.10	15.14	15.32	15.62

Schools

Altoona Area High School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	1415 6th Ave, Altoona PA 16602
Altoona Area Jr High School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	1400 7th Ave, Altoona PA 16602
Baker Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	108 West Ward Ave, Altoona PA 16602
Irving Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	110 Cherry Ave, Altoona PA 16601
Juniata Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	418 North 8th Ave Juniata, Altoona PA 16601
Juniata Gap Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	3365 Juniata Gap Rd, Altoona PA 16601
Kimmel Alternative School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	900 South Jaggard St, Altoona PA 16602
Logan Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	301 Sycamore St Greenwood, Altoona PA 16602
Mowrie A Ebner Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	308 Hillside Ave, Altoona PA 16601
Penn-Lincoln Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	411 12th St, Altoona PA 16602
Penn-Lincoln Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	411 12th St, Altoona PA 16602
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	310 Cayuga Ave, Altoona PA 16602
Washington-Jefferson Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	420 1st Ave, Altoona PA 16602
Wright Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1800 11th St, Altoona PA 16601

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.5%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.8%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.5%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	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:	$90,202,000	$11,404		$93,163,000	$11,669		$93,890,000	$11,744
Federal:	$9,490,000	$1,200	10.5%	$16,628,000	$2,083	17.8%	$16,837,000	$2,106	17.9%
State:	$53,713,000	$6,791	59.5%	$49,323,000	$6,178	52.9%	$50,905,000	$6,367	54.2%
Local:	$26,999,000	$3,413	29.9%	$27,212,000	$3,408	29.2%	$26,148,000	$3,271	27.8%
Total Expenditures:	$85,552,000	$10,816		$85,200,000	$10,671		$87,830,000	$10,986
Total Current Expenditures:	$75,342,000	$9,525		$76,310,000	$9,558		$76,909,000	$9,620
Instructional Expenditures:	$45,729,000	$5,781	60.7%	$46,478,000	$5,821	60.9%	$47,788,000	$5,977	62.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$6,384,000	$807	8.5%	$6,369,000	$798	8.3%	$6,323,000	$791	8.2%
Administration:	$7,159,000	$905	9.5%	$7,656,000	$959	10.0%	$7,598,000	$950	9.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$16,070,000	$2,032	21.3%	$15,807,000	$1,980	20.7%	$15,200,000	$1,901	19.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,186,000	$403		$1,461,000	$183		$3,504,000	$438
Construction:	$2,967,000	$375		$1,178,000	$148		$2,639,000	$330
Total Other:	$1,043,000	$132		$878,000	$110		$1,045,000	$131
Interest on Debt:	$2,118,000	$268		$2,178,000	$273		$2,165,000	$271

Total Salary:	$45,364,000	$5,735		$47,771,000	$5,983		$48,439,000	$6,059
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$31,175,000	$3,941	68.7%	$32,806,000	$4,109	68.7%	$33,318,000	$4,167	68.8%
Other Salary:	$14,189,000	$1,794	31.3%	$14,965,000	$1,874	31.3%	$15,121,000	$1,891	31.2%
Total Benefit:	$16,664,000	$2,107		$15,196,000	$1,903		$14,055,000	$1,758
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$11,360,000	$1,436	68.2%	$10,293,000	$1,289	67.7%	$9,650,000	$1,207	68.7%
Other Benefit:	$5,304,000	$671	31.8%	$4,903,000	$614	32.3%	$4,405,000	$551	31.3%

* Altoona Area School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.