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Derry Township School District

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Derry Township School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Derry Township School District has 27.20 square miles of land area and 0.19 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Derry Township School District population is 24,779. Derry Township School District median household income is $65,138 in 2010-2014. Derry Township School District median house value is $237,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Derry Township School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (30 out of 496, top 6%) Elementary/Middle School: (61 out of 498, top 12%)* Rank: #41
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	24,779 (2010-2014), rank #145
Population Growth	12.67% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	904.42/sq mi, rank #138
Median Household Income:	$65,138 at 2010-2014—7.43% increase since 2005-2009, rank #105
Median House Price:	$237,800 at 2010-2014—4.99% increase since 2005-2009, rank #60
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	27.20 sq mi, rank #356
Water Area:	0.19 sq mi (0.71%), rank #350
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Dauphin County
City:	Palmyra, Hummelstown, Hershey, Palmdale
Zip:	17078, 17036, 17033
Area:	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Derry Township School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

30 East Granada Ave

Hershey PA, 17033, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-534-2501

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,468	3,613	3,601	3,596	3,551	3,555	3,486
English Language Learner Students:	50	41	41	29	32	37	32
Total Teachers:	250.13	248.13	248.13	247.63	245.88	243.50	236.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary:	98.51	100.01	103.51	105.01	107.01	104.10	105.40
Secondary:	115.82	115.32	114.82	116.82	116.07	119.00	111.50
Ungraded:	29.80	26.80	23.80	19.80	16.80	14.40	13.50
Total Other Staff:	243.00	257.00	260.00	256.00	224.50	222.00	216.00
Instructional Aides:	51.00	49.00	49.00	42.00	43.00	42.00	39.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrators:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	20.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	22.00	22.00	22.00
School Administrators:	11.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.00
School Administrative Support:	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	10.50	10.00	14.00
Student Support Services:	NA	8.00	11.00	11.00	11.50	11.50	8.50
Other Support Services:	129.00	136.00	136.00	138.00	103.50	102.50	98.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.86	14.56	14.51	14.52	14.44	14.60	14.75

Schools

Hershey Early Childhood Center	Kindergarten to Grade 1	450rear Homestead Rd, Hershey PA 17033
Hershey High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	550 Homestead Rd, Hershey PA 17033
Hershey Intrmd Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	450 Homestead Rd, Hershey PA 17033
Hershey Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	500 Homestead Rd, Hershey PA 17033
Hershey Primary Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 3	450 Homestead Rd, Hershey PA 17033

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	82.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	81.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.3%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.7%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	71.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.9%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.4%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	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:	$52,035,000	$14,450		$52,755,000	$14,670		$51,577,000	$14,525
Federal:	$666,000	$185	1.3%	$1,094,000	$304	2.1%	$848,000	$239	1.6%
State:	$7,990,000	$2,219	15.4%	$7,710,000	$2,144	14.6%	$7,736,000	$2,179	15.0%
Local:	$43,379,000	$12,046	83.4%	$43,951,000	$12,222	83.3%	$42,993,000	$12,107	83.4%
Total Expenditures:	$48,555,000	$13,484		$53,725,000	$14,940		$45,958,000	$12,942
Total Current Expenditures:	$41,071,000	$11,405		$39,982,000	$11,118		$38,385,000	$10,810
Instructional Expenditures:	$23,910,000	$6,640	58.2%	$22,441,000	$6,241	56.1%	$22,043,000	$6,208	57.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,984,000	$1,106	9.7%	$3,986,000	$1,108	10.0%	$3,935,000	$1,108	10.3%
Administration:	$5,238,000	$1,455	12.8%	$5,256,000	$1,462	13.1%	$4,761,000	$1,341	12.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,939,000	$2,205	19.3%	$8,299,000	$2,308	20.8%	$7,646,000	$2,153	19.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,743,000	$484		$8,246,000	$2,293		$1,970,000	$555
Construction:	$618,000	$172		$7,602,000	$2,114		$1,195,000	$337
Total Other:	$345,000	$96		$444,000	$123		$378,000	$106
Interest on Debt:	$1,902,000	$528		$1,828,000	$508		$1,896,000	$534

Total Salary:	$24,736,000	$6,869		$24,434,000	$6,795		$23,625,000	$6,653
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$16,756,000	$4,653	67.7%	$16,309,000	$4,535	66.7%	$15,902,000	$4,478	67.3%
Other Salary:	$7,980,000	$2,216	32.3%	$8,125,000	$2,259	33.3%	$7,723,000	$2,175	32.7%
Total Benefit:	$9,214,000	$2,559		$7,749,000	$2,155		$7,378,000	$2,078
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,445,000	$1,512	59.1%	$4,381,000	$1,218	56.5%	$4,275,000	$1,204	57.9%
Other Benefit:	$3,769,000	$1,047	40.9%	$3,368,000	$937	43.5%	$3,103,000	$874	42.1%

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