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Brandywine Heights Area School District

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Brandywine Heights Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Brandywine Heights Area School District has 52.00 square miles of land area and 0.17 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Brandywine Heights Area School District population is 13,191. Brandywine Heights Area School District median household income is $62,422 in 2010-2014. Brandywine Heights Area School District median house value is $200,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Brandywine Heights Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (209 out of 496, top 42%) Elementary/Middle School: (233 out of 498, top 47%)* Rank: #216
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	13,191 (2010-2014), rank #306
Population Growth	0.96% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	252.86/sq mi, rank #280
Median Household Income:	$62,422 at 2010-2014—0.26% increase since 2005-2009, rank #125
Median House Price:	$200,800 at 2010-2014—8.78% increase since 2005-2009, rank #97
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	52.00 sq mi, rank #278
Water Area:	0.17 sq mi (0.32%), rank #365
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Berks County
City:	Topton, Fleetwood, Mertztown, New Jerusalem, Dryville, Kutztown, Alburtis, Macungie, Breinigsville, Bechtelsville, Boyertown, Barto, Oley
Zip:	19562, 19522, 19539, 19530, 18011, 18062, 18031, 19505, 19512, 19504, 19547
Area:	Reading, PA

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Brandywine Heights Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

200 West Weis St

Topton PA, 19562, Berks County

Phone: 610-682-5100

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,562	1,616	1,661	1,776	1,800	1,789	1,857
English Language Learner Students:	2	1	1	0	1	5	5
Total Teachers:	129.46	130.16	131.63	137.32	140.76	153.00	138.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	6.00	4.00
Elementary:	54.75	54.65	56.54	57.83	56.48	64.00	56.80
Secondary:	63.66	64.66	64.44	68.39	72.68	72.00	65.70
Ungraded:	8.05	6.85	6.65	7.10	6.60	11.00	12.00
Total Other Staff:	84.60	141.90	144.00	153.00	116.50	116.00	116.50
Instructional Aides:	0.00	40.00	40.00	37.00	20.50	15.50	24.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.90	2.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.50	5.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.50	1.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.60	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.50	3.50
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	5.50	2.00
District Administrative Support:	18.00	14.00	14.00	15.00	13.00	9.50	9.50
School Administrators:	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	15.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	11.00	10.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	3.00	4.00	4.50	3.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	33.00	56.00	57.00	66.00	47.50	51.50	51.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.07	12.42	12.62	12.93	12.79	11.69	13.41

Schools

Brandywine Heights Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	445 Barkley St, Topton PA 19562
Brandywine Heights High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	103 Old Topton Rd, Mertztown PA 19539
Brandywine Heights Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	200 West Weis St, Topton PA 19562
Brandywine Intrmd School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	200 West Weis St, Topton PA 19562

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.4%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.9%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.4%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.7%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.6%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.1%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.8%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$28,684,000	$17,269		$28,642,000	$16,127		$28,875,000	$16,042
Federal:	$671,000	$404	2.3%	$1,377,000	$775	4.8%	$1,227,000	$682	4.2%
State:	$7,994,000	$4,813	27.9%	$7,697,000	$4,334	26.9%	$8,085,000	$4,492	28.0%
Local:	$20,019,000	$12,052	69.8%	$19,568,000	$11,018	68.3%	$19,563,000	$10,868	67.8%
Total Expenditures:	$27,723,000	$16,691		$28,198,000	$15,877		$25,793,000	$14,329
Total Current Expenditures:	$21,650,000	$13,034		$22,808,000	$12,842		$22,603,000	$12,557
Instructional Expenditures:	$13,328,000	$8,024	61.6%	$13,802,000	$7,771	60.5%	$13,517,000	$7,509	59.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,050,000	$1,234	9.5%	$2,034,000	$1,145	8.9%	$2,045,000	$1,136	9.0%
Administration:	$2,091,000	$1,259	9.7%	$2,237,000	$1,260	9.8%	$2,045,000	$1,136	9.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,181,000	$2,517	19.3%	$4,735,000	$2,666	20.8%	$4,996,000	$2,776	22.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,630,000	$2,185		$2,865,000	$1,613		$423,000	$235
Construction:	$3,383,000	$2,037		$2,763,000	$1,556		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$18,000	$10		$22,000	$12
Interest on Debt:	$906,000	$545		$969,000	$546		$1,047,000	$582

Total Salary:	$13,242,000	$7,972		$13,770,000	$7,753		$13,485,000	$7,492
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,435,000	$5,680	71.3%	$9,677,000	$5,449	70.3%	$9,487,000	$5,271	70.4%
Other Salary:	$3,807,000	$2,292	28.7%	$4,093,000	$2,305	29.7%	$3,998,000	$2,221	29.6%
Total Benefit:	$4,223,000	$2,542		$4,435,000	$2,497		$4,074,000	$2,263
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,956,000	$1,780	70.0%	$3,078,000	$1,733	69.4%	$2,798,000	$1,554	68.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,267,000	$763	30.0%	$1,357,000	$764	30.6%	$1,276,000	$709	31.3%

* Brandywine Heights 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.