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Pequea Valley School District

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Pequea Valley School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Pequea Valley School District has 80.91 square miles of land area and 0.37 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pequea Valley School District population is 21,736. Pequea Valley School District median household income is $58,486 in 2010-2014. Pequea Valley School District median house value is $237,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Pequea Valley School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (343 out of 496, bottom 31%) Elementary/Middle School: (267 out of 498, bottom 46%)* Rank: #307
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	21,736 (2010-2014), rank #175
Population Growth	6.23% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	267.41/sq mi, rank #271
Median Household Income:	$58,486 at 2010-2014—5.49% increase since 2005-2009, rank #163
Median House Price:	$237,900 at 2010-2014—7.21% increase since 2005-2009, rank #59
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	80.91 sq mi, rank #197
Water Area:	0.37 sq mi (0.46%), rank #284
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lancaster County
City:	Kinzers, Gap, Narvon, Honey Brook, New Holland, Gordonville, Paradise, Ronks, Strasburg, Bird In Hand, Soudersburg, Intercourse
Zip:	17535, 17527, 17555, 19344, 17557, 17529, 17562, 17572, 17579, 17505
Area:	Lancaster, PA

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Pequea Valley School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

166 South New Holland Rd

Kinzers PA, 17535, Lancaster County

Phone: 717-768-5530

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,627	1,683	1,695	1,734	1,782	1,829	1,838
English Language Learner Students:	22	19	21	18	11	14	20
Total Teachers:	155.00	116.33	123.33	127.33	146.83	135.40	135.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	7.00	6.00	7.00
Elementary:	52.73	46.11	51.45	54.45	65.24	56.20	54.60
Secondary:	85.27	54.22	54.88	56.88	62.99	61.60	64.20
Ungraded:	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.60	11.60	9.20
Total Other Staff:	58.00	142.67	144.67	140.67	106.67	106.50	101.50
Instructional Aides:	4.00	41.00	41.00	42.00	23.50	22.50	20.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.67	2.67	2.67	2.67	3.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.34	2.34	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	2.66	2.66	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	4.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
School Administrators:	4.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
Student Support Services:	NA	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	18.00	60.00	60.00	54.00	40.50	39.00	38.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.50	14.47	13.74	13.62	12.14	13.51	13.61

Schools

Paradise Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	20 North Belmont Rd, Paradise PA 17562
Pequea Valley High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	4033 East Newport Rd, Kinzers PA 17535
Pequea Valley Intrmd School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	166 South New Holland Rd, Kinzers PA 17535
Salisbury Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	422 School Ln Rd, Gap PA 17527

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.2%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.7%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.9%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.2%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	65.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.5%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.9%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.4%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	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:	$30,707,000	$18,116		$30,771,000	$17,746		$30,651,000	$17,200
Federal:	$1,659,000	$979	5.4%	$2,403,000	$1,386	7.8%	$2,802,000	$1,572	9.1%
State:	$6,249,000	$3,687	20.4%	$6,066,000	$3,498	19.7%	$6,111,000	$3,429	19.9%
Local:	$22,799,000	$13,451	74.2%	$22,302,000	$12,862	72.5%	$21,738,000	$12,199	70.9%
Total Expenditures:	$30,573,000	$18,037		$28,670,000	$16,534		$26,496,000	$14,869
Total Current Expenditures:	$23,750,000	$14,012		$21,737,000	$12,536		$21,720,000	$12,189
Instructional Expenditures:	$13,439,000	$7,929	56.6%	$12,157,000	$7,011	55.9%	$12,411,000	$6,965	57.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,627,000	$1,550	11.1%	$2,321,000	$1,339	10.7%	$2,392,000	$1,342	11.0%
Administration:	$2,464,000	$1,454	10.4%	$2,186,000	$1,261	10.1%	$2,081,000	$1,168	9.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,220,000	$3,080	22.0%	$5,073,000	$2,926	23.3%	$4,836,000	$2,714	22.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,380,000	$1,994		$3,183,000	$1,836		$1,238,000	$695
Construction:	$2,655,000	$1,566		$2,316,000	$1,336		$291,000	$163
Total Other:	$14,000	$8		$28,000	$16		$15,000	$8
Interest on Debt:	$1,275,000	$752		$1,332,000	$768		$1,255,000	$704

Total Salary:	$12,077,000	$7,125		$11,977,000	$6,907		$11,728,000	$6,581
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,178,000	$4,825	67.7%	$8,166,000	$4,709	68.2%	$8,081,000	$4,535	68.9%
Other Salary:	$3,899,000	$2,300	32.3%	$3,811,000	$2,198	31.8%	$3,647,000	$2,047	31.1%
Total Benefit:	$5,502,000	$3,246		$4,162,000	$2,400		$4,149,000	$2,328
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,488,000	$2,058	63.4%	$2,719,000	$1,568	65.3%	$2,675,000	$1,501	64.5%
Other Benefit:	$2,014,000	$1,188	36.6%	$1,443,000	$832	34.7%	$1,474,000	$827	35.5%

* Pequea Valley School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.