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Blue Mountain School District

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Blue Mountain School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain School District has 122.81 square miles of land area and 0.40 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Blue Mountain School District population is 20,811. Blue Mountain School District median household income is $58,838 in 2010-2014. Blue Mountain School District median house value is $154,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Blue Mountain School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (197 out of 496, top 40%) Elementary/Middle School: (130 out of 498, top 26%)* Rank: #157
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	20,811 (2010-2014), rank #193
Population Growth	3.71% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	168.90/sq mi, rank #316
Median Household Income:	$58,838 at 2010-2014—8.92% increase since 2005-2009, rank #160
Median House Price:	$154,400 at 2010-2014—6.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #211
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	122.81 sq mi, rank #105
Water Area:	0.40 sq mi (0.33%), rank #272
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Schuylkill County
City:	Auburn, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Haven, Pine Grove, Friedensburg, Pottsville, Summit Station, Lake Wynonah, Port Clinton, Cressona, Renningers, New Ringgold, Mckeansburg, Deer Lake borough
Zip:	17922, 17961, 17972, 17963, 17933, 17901, 17979, 19549, 17929, 17960
Area:	Pottsville, PA

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Blue Mountain School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

685 Red Dale Rd

Orwigsburg PA, 17961, Schuylkill County

Phone: 570-366-0515

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,776	2,834	2,895	2,877	2,932	3,015	2,993
English Language Learner Students:	6	5	11	11	8	9	15
Total Teachers:	181.60	192.50	197.08	204.82	213.49	203.80	197.90
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	9.00	10.00	9.00	12.00	12.00	10.00
Elementary:	77.79	84.66	82.40	78.48	80.98	76.00	73.90
Secondary:	80.15	84.67	90.85	97.01	100.86	97.90	97.10
Ungraded:	14.66	14.17	13.83	20.33	19.65	17.90	16.90
Total Other Staff:	151.50	190.50	191.92	192.66	151.35	151.20	132.20
Instructional Aides:	37.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	4.00	26.00	24.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.50	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.25	7.34	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.25	3.34	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	2.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	9.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	10.00	9.50	9.00
School Administrators:	7.50	7.50	8.00	8.00	10.00	7.60	9.00
School Administrative Support:	14.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	12.00
Student Support Services:	NA	18.25	17.58	18.66	19.85	18.10	13.70
Other Support Services:	69.00	113.00	113.00	114.00	75.50	58.00	45.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.29	14.72	14.69	14.05	13.73	14.79	15.12

Schools

Blue Mountain El Cressona School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	45 Wilder St, Cressona PA 17929
Blue Mountain El East School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	675 Red Dale Rd, Orwigsburg PA 17961
Blue Mountain El West School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	1383 Long Run Rd, Friedensburg PA 17933
Blue Mountain High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1076 West Market St, Schuylkill Haven PA 17972
Blue Mountain Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	685 Red Dale Rd, Orwigsburg PA 17961

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$37,151,000	$12,833		$38,240,000	$13,292		$36,189,000	$12,343
Federal:	$972,000	$336	2.6%	$2,391,000	$831	6.3%	$1,736,000	$592	4.8%
State:	$13,541,000	$4,677	36.4%	$13,046,000	$4,535	34.1%	$12,706,000	$4,334	35.1%
Local:	$22,638,000	$7,820	60.9%	$22,803,000	$7,926	59.6%	$21,747,000	$7,417	60.1%
Total Expenditures:	$36,739,000	$12,691		$46,886,000	$16,297		$39,230,000	$13,380
Total Current Expenditures:	$30,760,000	$10,625		$30,606,000	$10,638		$29,905,000	$10,200
Instructional Expenditures:	$17,686,000	$6,109	57.5%	$18,206,000	$6,328	59.5%	$17,831,000	$6,082	59.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,536,000	$876	8.2%	$2,637,000	$917	8.6%	$2,540,000	$866	8.5%
Administration:	$3,900,000	$1,347	12.7%	$3,317,000	$1,153	10.8%	$3,224,000	$1,100	10.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,638,000	$2,293	21.6%	$6,446,000	$2,241	21.1%	$6,310,000	$2,152	21.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,864,000	$644		$12,323,000	$4,283		$5,527,000	$1,885
Construction:	$1,774,000	$613		$12,158,000	$4,226		$5,380,000	$1,835
Total Other:	$249,000	$86		$215,000	$75		$202,000	$69
Interest on Debt:	$1,848,000	$638		$1,807,000	$628		$1,918,000	$654

Total Salary:	$17,315,000	$5,981		$18,079,000	$6,284		$17,240,000	$5,880
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,016,000	$4,151	69.4%	$12,525,000	$4,353	69.3%	$11,789,000	$4,021	68.4%
Other Salary:	$5,299,000	$1,830	30.6%	$5,554,000	$1,930	30.7%	$5,451,000	$1,859	31.6%
Total Benefit:	$7,442,000	$2,571		$7,087,000	$2,463		$6,566,000	$2,239
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,840,000	$1,672	65.0%	$4,692,000	$1,631	66.2%	$4,546,000	$1,550	69.2%
Other Benefit:	$2,602,000	$899	35.0%	$2,395,000	$832	33.8%	$2,020,000	$689	30.8%

* Blue Mountain 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.