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California Area School District is located in southwest Pennsylvania. California Area School District has 34.07 square miles of land area and 0.51 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total California Area School District population is 11,047. California Area School District median household income is $41,313 in 2010-2014. California Area School District median house value is $92,500 in 2010-2014. On average, California Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (203 out of 496, top 41%) Elementary/Middle School: (318 out of 498, bottom 36%)* Rank: #263
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	11,047 (2010-2014), rank #340
Population Growth	0.28% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	319.48/sq mi, rank #246
Median Household Income:	$41,313 at 2010-2014—9.58% increase since 2005-2009, rank #415
Median House Price:	$92,500 at 2010-2014—-4.84% increase since 2005-2009, rank #394
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	34.07 sq mi, rank #328
Water Area:	0.51 sq mi (1.47%), rank #247
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Washington County
City:	Daisytown, Brownsville, Scenery Hill, Coal Center, West Brownsville, Stockdale, Roscoe, Long Branch, Elco, California, Allenport borough
Zip:	15427, 15417, 15360, 15423, 15477, 15412, 15022, 15434, 15419
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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California Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

40 Trojan Way

Coal Center PA, 15423, Washington County

Phone: 724-785-5800

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	912	940	949	934	937	978	1,027
English Language Learner Students:	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	63.00	37.00	69.60	66.80	74.70	67.00	80.20
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	1.00	1.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00
Elementary:	28.00	17.00	27.00	23.25	32.00	25.00	27.00
Secondary:	30.00	18.00	34.60	38.55	37.70	37.00	38.20
Ungraded:	4.00	1.00	4.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	10.00
Total Other Staff:	44.00	45.00	52.30	31.30	21.80	23.00	21.00
Instructional Aides:	9.00	10.00	10.00	1.00	0.50	1.00	1.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	1.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	0.00	1.30	2.30	1.80	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	2.00	1.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	3.00	2.00	4.00	5.00	4.50	4.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	4.00	5.00	5.00	7.00	3.00	3.50	2.50
Student Support Services:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	18.00	21.00	21.00	10.00	5.50	5.50	4.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.48	25.41	13.64	13.98	12.54	14.60	12.81

Schools

California Area Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	40 Trojan Way, Coal Center PA 15423
California Area Intermediate Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	40 Trojan Way, Coal Center PA 15423
California Area Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	40 Trojan Way, Coal Center PA 15423
California Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	11 Trojan Way, Coal Center PA 15423

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.5%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.9%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.4%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.9%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66.2%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.1%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.1%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.4%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.1%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.6%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.2%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87%	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:	$13,470,000	$14,194		$13,360,000	$14,304		$13,418,000	$14,320
Federal:	$566,000	$596	4.2%	$1,640,000	$1,756	12.3%	$1,495,000	$1,596	11.1%
State:	$8,550,000	$9,009	63.5%	$7,985,000	$8,549	59.8%	$8,160,000	$8,709	60.8%
Local:	$4,354,000	$4,588	32.3%	$3,735,000	$3,999	28.0%	$3,763,000	$4,016	28.0%
Total Expenditures:	$13,679,000	$14,414		$13,387,000	$14,333		$17,237,000	$18,396
Total Current Expenditures:	$10,537,000	$11,103		$10,384,000	$11,118		$10,221,000	$10,908
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,158,000	$6,489	58.4%	$6,193,000	$6,631	59.6%	$6,004,000	$6,408	58.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$722,000	$761	6.9%	$643,000	$688	6.2%	$677,000	$723	6.6%
Administration:	$1,267,000	$1,335	12.0%	$1,180,000	$1,263	11.4%	$1,140,000	$1,217	11.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,390,000	$2,518	22.7%	$2,368,000	$2,535	22.8%	$2,400,000	$2,561	23.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,423,000	$1,499		$540,000	$578		$4,570,000	$4,877
Construction:	$1,075,000	$1,133		$418,000	$448		$4,433,000	$4,731
Total Other:	$2,000	$2		$34,000	$36		$34,000	$36
Interest on Debt:	$650,000	$685		$753,000	$806		$727,000	$776

Total Salary:	$5,700,000	$6,006		$5,766,000	$6,173		$5,561,000	$5,935
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,946,000	$4,158	69.2%	$4,048,000	$4,334	70.2%	$3,848,000	$4,107	69.2%
Other Salary:	$1,754,000	$1,848	30.8%	$1,718,000	$1,839	29.8%	$1,713,000	$1,828	30.8%
Total Benefit:	$2,486,000	$2,620		$2,377,000	$2,545		$2,167,000	$2,313
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,730,000	$1,823	69.6%	$1,641,000	$1,757	69.0%	$1,484,000	$1,584	68.5%
Other Benefit:	$756,000	$797	30.4%	$736,000	$788	31.0%	$683,000	$729	31.5%

* California Area School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.