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Greater Nanticoke Area School District

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Greater Nanticoke Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Greater Nanticoke Area School District has 52.14 square miles of land area and 1.99 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Greater Nanticoke Area School District population is 18,916. Greater Nanticoke Area School District median household income is $38,426 in 2010-2014. Greater Nanticoke Area School District median house value is $86,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Greater Nanticoke Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (451 out of 496, bottom 9%) Elementary/Middle School: (413 out of 498, bottom 17%)* Rank: #453
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	18,916 (2010-2014), rank #221
Population Growth	5.00% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	349.43/sq mi, rank #236
Median Household Income:	$38,426 at 2010-2014—5.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #455
Median House Price:	$86,500 at 2010-2014—5.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #420
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	52.14 sq mi, rank #276
Water Area:	1.99 sq mi (3.68%), rank #68
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Luzerne County
City:	Hunlock Creek, Nanticoke, Plymouth, Shavertown, West Nanticoke, Glen Lyon, Wanamie, Sheatown, Wapwallopen, Mocanaqua
Zip:	18621, 18634, 18651, 18708, 18617, 18660, 18655
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Greater Nanticoke Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

427 Kosciuszko St

Nanticoke PA, 18634, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-735-1270

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,185	2,180	2,209	2,244	2,249	2,334	2,360
English Language Learner Students:	18	15	21	23	23	24	27
Total Teachers:	128.00	122.00	120.50	131.67	132.10	132.00	133.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Elementary:	59.07	52.01	51.86	59.48	60.47	63.70	60.40
Secondary:	45.40	45.45	46.77	49.91	50.25	56.30	57.20
Ungraded:	15.53	16.54	13.87	14.28	13.38	4.00	7.40
Total Other Staff:	116.00	130.00	131.00	134.83	113.67	111.80	105.40
Instructional Aides:	23.00	26.00	26.00	24.00	25.00	25.00	26.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.90	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.33	1.33	1.33	1.33	1.33	1.30	1.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.67	2.67	2.67	2.67	2.67	2.60	2.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.80	1.90
Library/Media Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.83	2.67	1.60	1.00
District Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	5.00	5.50	5.00
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	9.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	NA	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	64.00	73.00	73.00	75.00	53.50	52.50	46.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.07	17.87	18.33	17.04	17.03	17.68	17.74

Schools

Gna El Center	Grade 3 to Grade 5	601 Kosciuszko St, Nanticoke PA 18634
Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center	Grade 6 to Grade 7	600 East Union St, Nanticoke PA 18634
Greater Nanticoke Area Shs	Grade 8 to Grade 12	425 Kosciuszko St, Nanticoke PA 18634
J F Kennedy Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 2	513 Kosciuszko St, Nanticoke PA 18634
K M Smith Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 1	25 Robert St, Nanticoke PA 18634

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32.5%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.4%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	23.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.1%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25.1%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.8%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.8%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.3%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.2%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.7%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.6%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.3%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.4%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32.5%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.5%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.3%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	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:	$25,038,000	$11,335		$27,267,000	$12,151		$26,770,000	$11,903
Federal:	$2,332,000	$1,056	9.3%	$4,988,000	$2,223	18.3%	$4,464,000	$1,985	16.7%
State:	$14,833,000	$6,715	59.2%	$14,175,000	$6,317	52.0%	$14,304,000	$6,360	53.4%
Local:	$7,873,000	$3,564	31.4%	$8,104,000	$3,611	29.7%	$8,002,000	$3,558	29.9%
Total Expenditures:	$23,877,000	$10,809		$25,093,000	$11,182		$24,878,000	$11,062
Total Current Expenditures:	$19,004,000	$8,603		$20,121,000	$8,967		$19,674,000	$8,748
Instructional Expenditures:	$12,015,000	$5,439	63.2%	$13,357,000	$5,952	66.4%	$12,606,000	$5,605	64.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,390,000	$629	7.3%	$1,293,000	$576	6.4%	$1,678,000	$746	8.5%
Administration:	$1,325,000	$600	7.0%	$1,356,000	$604	6.7%	$1,361,000	$605	6.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,274,000	$1,935	22.5%	$4,115,000	$1,834	20.5%	$4,029,000	$1,791	20.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$150,000	$68		$18,000	$8		$734,000	$326
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$5,000	$2
Total Other:	$373,000	$169		$479,000	$213		$457,000	$203
Interest on Debt:	$591,000	$268		$545,000	$243		$727,000	$323

Total Salary:	$10,206,000	$4,620		$11,071,000	$4,934		$10,814,000	$4,808
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,387,000	$3,344	72.4%	$7,962,000	$3,548	71.9%	$7,820,000	$3,477	72.3%
Other Salary:	$2,819,000	$1,276	27.6%	$3,109,000	$1,385	28.1%	$2,994,000	$1,331	27.7%
Total Benefit:	$4,365,000	$1,976		$3,938,000	$1,755		$3,952,000	$1,757
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,244,000	$1,469	74.3%	$3,424,000	$1,526	86.9%	$3,042,000	$1,353	77.0%
Other Benefit:	$1,121,000	$507	25.7%	$514,000	$229	13.1%	$910,000	$405	23.0%

* Greater Nanticoke Area School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.