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Highlands School District

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Highlands School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Highlands School District has 22.04 square miles of land area and 0.74 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Highlands School District population is 20,586. Highlands School District median household income is $44,745 in 2010-2014. Highlands School District median house value is $81,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Highlands School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (306 out of 496, bottom 38%) Elementary/Middle School: (244 out of 498, top 49%)* Rank: #276
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	20,586 (2010-2014), rank #200
Population Growth	2.29% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	903.69/sq mi, rank #139
Median Household Income:	$44,745 at 2010-2014—7.85% increase since 2005-2009, rank #360
Median House Price:	$81,800 at 2010-2014—5.68% increase since 2005-2009, rank #443
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	22.04 sq mi, rank #379
Water Area:	0.74 sq mi (3.23%), rank #194
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Allegheny County
City:	Tarentum, Natrona Heights, Sarver, Brackenridge
Zip:	15084, 15065, 16055, 15014
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Highlands School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1500 Pacific Ave

Natrona Heights PA, 15065, Allegheny County

Phone: 724-226-2400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,500	2,599	2,672	2,742	2,806	2,827	2,853
English Language Learner Students:	2	3	5	7	7	8	0
Total Teachers:	184.00	199.00	205.00	210.00	215.54	221.40	256.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
Kindergarten:	9.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00	13.00	14.00
Elementary:	83.05	89.72	93.28	92.31	98.00	98.00	107.00
Secondary:	75.95	80.28	83.72	83.67	82.47	85.90	109.00
Ungraded:	15.00	17.00	16.00	20.02	19.07	21.50	23.00
Total Other Staff:	154.00	188.00	190.00	231.00	197.46	193.40	196.00
Instructional Aides:	54.00	48.00	48.00	60.00	48.00	48.00	48.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	3.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	8.00	14.00	14.00	3.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
School Administrators:	6.00	8.00	9.00	10.00	10.46	12.40	11.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	11.00	11.00	8.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
Student Support Services:	NA	19.00	20.00	16.00	14.00	8.00	7.00
Other Support Services:	67.00	67.00	67.00	116.00	81.00	81.00	85.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.59	13.06	13.03	13.06	13.02	12.77	11.14

Schools

Fairmount Primary Center	Kindergarten to Grade 2	1060 Atlantic Ave, Brackenridge PA 15014
Fawn Primary Center	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	5591 Ridge Rd, Natrona Heights PA 15065
Grandview Upper Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	101 East 9th Ave, Tarentum PA 15084
Highlands Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1350 Broadview Blvd, Natrona Heights PA 15065
Highlands Shs	Grade 7 to Grade 12	1500 Pacific Ave, Natrona Heights PA 15065

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27.5%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.1%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	44%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.2%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$38,888,000	$14,554		$38,455,000	$14,024		$38,337,000	$13,663
Federal:	$2,170,000	$812	5.6%	$4,803,000	$1,752	12.5%	$4,007,000	$1,428	10.5%
State:	$17,573,000	$6,577	45.2%	$16,429,000	$5,992	42.7%	$16,646,000	$5,932	43.4%
Local:	$19,145,000	$7,165	49.2%	$17,223,000	$6,281	44.8%	$17,684,000	$6,302	46.1%
Total Expenditures:	$34,694,000	$12,984		$37,291,000	$13,600		$41,832,000	$14,908
Total Current Expenditures:	$29,687,000	$11,110		$33,001,000	$12,035		$33,586,000	$11,969
Instructional Expenditures:	$17,757,000	$6,646	59.8%	$20,047,000	$7,311	60.7%	$20,380,000	$7,263	60.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,958,000	$733	6.6%	$2,246,000	$819	6.8%	$2,074,000	$739	6.2%
Administration:	$3,178,000	$1,189	10.7%	$3,500,000	$1,276	10.6%	$3,665,000	$1,306	10.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,794,000	$2,543	22.9%	$7,208,000	$2,629	21.8%	$7,467,000	$2,661	22.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,629,000	$610		$313,000	$114		$4,276,000	$1,524
Construction:	$1,267,000	$474		$4,000	$1		$3,908,000	$1,393
Total Other:	$170,000	$64		$131,000	$48		$188,000	$67
Interest on Debt:	$740,000	$277		$667,000	$243		$1,025,000	$365

Total Salary:	$17,412,000	$6,516		$19,173,000	$6,992		$19,374,000	$6,904
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,423,000	$4,649	71.3%	$13,595,000	$4,958	70.9%	$13,575,000	$4,838	70.1%
Other Salary:	$4,989,000	$1,867	28.7%	$5,578,000	$2,034	29.1%	$5,799,000	$2,067	29.9%
Total Benefit:	$5,296,000	$1,982		$6,168,000	$2,249		$6,169,000	$2,199
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,794,000	$1,420	71.6%	$4,227,000	$1,542	68.5%	$4,348,000	$1,550	70.5%
Other Benefit:	$1,502,000	$562	28.4%	$1,941,000	$708	31.5%	$1,821,000	$649	29.5%

* Highlands 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.