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Avella Area School District

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Avella Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Avella Area School District has 74.30 square miles of land area and 0.01 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Avella Area School District population is 4,251. Avella Area School District median household income is $62,757 in 2010-2014. Avella Area School District median house value is $144,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Avella Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (355 out of 496, bottom 28%) Elementary/Middle School: (296 out of 498, bottom 41%)* Rank: #332
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	4,251 (2010-2014), rank #486
Population Growth	2.76% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	57.20/sq mi, rank #435
Median Household Income:	$62,757 at 2010-2014—25.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #121
Median House Price:	$144,800 at 2010-2014—11.90% increase since 2005-2009, rank #236
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	74.30 sq mi, rank #214
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02%), rank #449
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Washington County
City:	West Middletown, Avella, Claysville, West Alexander, Washington, Burgettstown, Hickory, Cross Creek
Zip:	15312, 15379, 15323, 15376, 15301, 15021, 15340
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Avella Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1000 Avella Rd

Avella PA, 15312, Washington County

Phone: 724-356-2218

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	581	588	600	633	636	653	673
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	49.00	49.50	49.50	55.00	56.80	58.30	57.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	21.56	22.00	21.97	24.77	26.53	28.60	27.60
Secondary:	25.44	25.50	25.53	26.23	25.77	25.70	25.40
Ungraded:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.50	1.00	1.00
Total Other Staff:	42.00	44.00	43.00	44.50	38.70	39.20	39.00
Instructional Aides:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	6.00	5.00	6.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.80	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.20	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.00	1.90
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.50	4.50	4.50
Student Support Services:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.20	0.20	2.10
Other Support Services:	19.00	19.00	19.00	20.00	16.00	18.50	16.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.86	11.88	12.12	11.51	11.20	11.20	11.81

Schools

Avella Area Jshs		Kindergarten to Grade 12	1000 Avella Rd, Avella PA 15312
Avella El Center		Kindergarten to Grade 6	1000 Avella Rd, Avella PA 15312

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	27.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.4%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.2%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.4%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.6%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.5%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.2%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.5%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.1%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	32.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	51%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	45%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$9,976,000	$16,627		$10,388,000	$16,411		$10,063,000	$15,822
Federal:	$387,000	$645	3.9%	$1,245,000	$1,967	12.0%	$948,000	$1,491	9.4%
State:	$6,019,000	$10,032	60.3%	$5,904,000	$9,327	56.8%	$6,103,000	$9,596	60.6%
Local:	$3,570,000	$5,950	35.8%	$3,239,000	$5,117	31.2%	$3,012,000	$4,736	29.9%
Total Expenditures:	$8,644,000	$14,407		$9,597,000	$15,161		$9,416,000	$14,805
Total Current Expenditures:	$7,795,000	$12,992		$8,502,000	$13,431		$8,312,000	$13,069
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,668,000	$7,780	59.9%	$5,204,000	$8,221	61.2%	$5,017,000	$7,888	60.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$453,000	$755	5.8%	$528,000	$834	6.2%	$616,000	$969	7.4%
Administration:	$1,034,000	$1,723	13.3%	$1,091,000	$1,724	12.8%	$1,045,000	$1,643	12.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,640,000	$2,733	21.0%	$1,679,000	$2,652	19.7%	$1,634,000	$2,569	19.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$88,000	$147		$84,000	$133		$77,000	$121
Construction:	$23,000	$38		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$1,000	$2		$9,000	$14		$6,000	$9
Interest on Debt:	$69,000	$115		$61,000	$96		$132,000	$208

Total Salary:	$4,268,000	$7,113		$4,842,000	$7,649		$4,788,000	$7,528
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,061,000	$5,102	71.7%	$3,530,000	$5,577	72.9%	$3,438,000	$5,406	71.8%
Other Salary:	$1,207,000	$2,012	28.3%	$1,312,000	$2,073	27.1%	$1,350,000	$2,123	28.2%
Total Benefit:	$1,836,000	$3,060		$1,865,000	$2,946		$1,750,000	$2,752
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,290,000	$2,150	70.3%	$1,317,000	$2,081	70.6%	$1,236,000	$1,943	70.6%
Other Benefit:	$546,000	$910	29.7%	$548,000	$866	29.4%	$514,000	$808	29.4%

* Avella Area 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.