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Bensalem Township School District

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Bensalem Township School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Bensalem Township School District has 19.83 square miles of land area and 1.09 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Bensalem Township School District population is 60,404. Bensalem Township School District median household income is $60,468 in 2010-2014. Bensalem Township School District median house value is $260,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Bensalem Township School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (372 out of 496, bottom 25%) Elementary/Middle School: (376 out of 498, bottom 24%)* Rank: #389
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	60,404 (2010-2014), rank #27
Population Growth	3.30% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	2,887.07/sq mi, rank #50
Median Household Income:	$60,468 at 2010-2014—1.94% increase since 2005-2009, rank #145
Median House Price:	$260,700 at 2010-2014—4.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #43
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	19.83 sq mi, rank #395
Water Area:	1.09 sq mi (5.22%), rank #148
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Bucks County
City:	Bensalem, Feasterville Trevose, Eddington, Cornwells Heights
Zip:	19020, 19053
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Bensalem Township School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

3000 Donallen Dr

Bensalem PA, 19020, Bucks County

Phone: 215-750-2800

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	6,330	6,348	6,266	6,120	6,064	5,997	6,017
English Language Learner Students:	428	325	329	370	306	335	319
Total Teachers:	0.00	418.50	411.50	422.50	421.50	402.50	381.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	0.00	19.00	11.50	12.00	11.00	10.00	8.00
Elementary:	0.00	188.00	187.00	202.00	201.00	186.00	177.00
Secondary:	0.00	176.75	179.00	182.50	186.50	186.50	178.00
Ungraded:	0.00	34.75	34.00	26.00	23.00	20.00	18.00
Total Other Staff:	465.00	551.25	546.60	552.60	501.10	521.60	981.50
Instructional Aides:	109.00	103.00	103.00	75.00	69.00	62.50	56.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	8.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.00	17.00	16.00	18.00	18.00	17.00	17.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	7.00	6.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	8.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
Library/Media Support:	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
District Administrators:	0.00	8.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	7.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	21.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	21.50	23.50	21.50
School Administrators:	0.00	15.00	14.00	15.00	16.00	15.00	12.00
School Administrative Support:	31.00	34.00	34.00	35.00	39.50	35.00	34.00
Student Support Services:	NA	12.25	8.60	10.60	11.60	23.60	497.00
Other Support Services:	294.00	313.00	313.00	340.00	294.50	319.00	319.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	15.17	15.23	14.49	14.39	14.90	15.79

Schools

Belmont Hills Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	5000 Neshaminy Blvd, Bensalem PA 19020
Benjamin Rush Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	3400 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem PA 19020
Bensalem Twp High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	4319 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem PA 19020
Cecelia Snyder Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	3330 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem PA 19020
Cornwells Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2215 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem PA 19020
Robert K Shafer Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	3333 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem PA 19020
Russell C Struble Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	4300 Bensalem Blvd, Bensalem PA 19020
Samuel K Faust Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2901 Bellvue Dr, Bensalem PA 19020
Valley Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	3100 Donallen Dr, Bensalem PA 19020

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.5%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	18.9%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20.6%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.2%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.1%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.8%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.6%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.8%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.1%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.4%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76%	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:	$127,705,000	$20,381		$118,583,000	$19,376		$115,309,000	$19,015
Federal:	$3,743,000	$597	2.9%	$6,463,000	$1,056	5.5%	$5,583,000	$921	4.8%
State:	$24,353,000	$3,887	19.1%	$23,440,000	$3,830	19.8%	$24,632,000	$4,062	21.4%
Local:	$99,609,000	$15,897	78.0%	$88,680,000	$14,490	74.8%	$85,094,000	$14,033	73.8%
Total Expenditures:	$120,705,000	$19,263		$125,473,000	$20,502		$105,791,000	$17,446
Total Current Expenditures:	$90,150,000	$14,387		$87,469,000	$14,292		$86,478,000	$14,261
Instructional Expenditures:	$53,094,000	$8,473	58.9%	$52,142,000	$8,520	59.6%	$51,056,000	$8,420	59.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$8,972,000	$1,432	10.0%	$8,881,000	$1,451	10.2%	$8,843,000	$1,458	10.2%
Administration:	$9,143,000	$1,459	10.1%	$8,179,000	$1,336	9.4%	$8,012,000	$1,321	9.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$18,941,000	$3,023	21.0%	$18,267,000	$2,985	20.9%	$18,567,000	$3,062	21.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,802,000	$447		$12,931,000	$2,113		$282,000	$47
Construction:	$2,504,000	$400		$12,631,000	$2,064		$0	$0
Total Other:	$415,000	$66		$350,000	$57		$355,000	$59
Interest on Debt:	$2,739,000	$437		$3,038,000	$496		$3,229,000	$532

Total Salary:	$55,840,000	$8,912		$56,814,000	$9,283		$55,455,000	$9,145
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$36,449,000	$5,817	65.3%	$37,670,000	$6,155	66.3%	$36,819,000	$6,072	66.4%
Other Salary:	$19,391,000	$3,095	34.7%	$19,144,000	$3,128	33.7%	$18,636,000	$3,073	33.6%
Total Benefit:	$22,023,000	$3,515		$19,426,000	$3,174		$19,045,000	$3,141
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$13,241,000	$2,113	60.1%	$11,797,000	$1,928	60.7%	$11,082,000	$1,828	58.2%
Other Benefit:	$8,782,000	$1,402	39.9%	$7,629,000	$1,247	39.3%	$7,963,000	$1,313	41.8%

* Bensalem Township School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.