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Tamaqua Area School District

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Tamaqua Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Tamaqua Area School District has 121.45 square miles of land area and 1.44 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Tamaqua Area School District population is 16,588. Tamaqua Area School District median household income is $46,845 in 2010-2014. Tamaqua Area School District median house value is $109,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Tamaqua Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (345 out of 496, bottom 30%) Elementary/Middle School: (325 out of 498, bottom 35%)* Rank: #343
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	16,588 (2010-2014), rank #253
Population Growth	4.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	134.98/sq mi, rank #346
Median Household Income:	$46,845 at 2010-2014—19.17% increase since 2005-2009, rank #326
Median House Price:	$109,000 at 2010-2014—2.06% increase since 2005-2009, rank #349
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	121.45 sq mi, rank #111
Water Area:	1.44 sq mi (1.17%), rank #103
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Schuylkill County
City:	Tamaqua, New Ringgold, Andreas, Tuscarora, Barnesville, Quakake, Nesquehoning, Hometown
Zip:	18252, 17960, 18211, 17982, 17925, 17952, 18214, 18245, 18240
Area:	Pottsville, PA

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Tamaqua Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

138 West Broad St

Tamaqua PA, 18252, Schuylkill County

Phone: 570-668-2570

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,102	2,132	2,104	2,098	2,083	2,100	2,068
English Language Learner Students:	22	22	22	22	13	6	5
Total Teachers:	139.50	135.10	140.50	110.53	110.42	114.90	111.90
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.70	0.70
Kindergarten:	5.00	5.50	6.50	5.24	5.29	5.20	6.30
Elementary:	58.00	56.85	58.05	49.73	51.93	50.70	54.00
Secondary:	61.30	64.75	70.05	51.05	49.43	55.20	49.10
Ungraded:	15.20	8.00	5.90	4.51	3.77	3.10	1.80
Total Other Staff:	129.00	131.90	133.50	172.47	153.41	148.60	138.10
Instructional Aides:	37.00	35.00	35.00	35.00	20.50	18.50	17.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.64	4.64	4.60	4.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.30	1.40	1.40	1.33	1.33	1.30	1.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.70	2.60	2.60	3.31	3.31	3.30	2.60
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	3.00	2.73	2.48	2.40	2.50
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	4.00	4.90	4.80	4.76	4.76	5.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.33	6.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	10.50	10.50	9.00
Student Support Services:	NA	6.00	5.70	44.34	48.70	43.10	42.10
Other Support Services:	60.00	57.00	57.00	57.00	49.50	51.50	50.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.07	15.78	14.98	18.98	18.86	18.28	18.48

Schools

Rush Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 1	50 Meadow Ave, Tamaqua PA 18252
Tamaqua Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	502 Penn St, Tamaqua PA 18252
Tamaqua Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	500 Penn St, Tamaqua PA 18252
Tamaqua Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 5	Boyle Ave, Tamaqua PA 18252
West Penn Twp Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	185 School Dr, New Ringgold PA 17960

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.9%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.2%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.3%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.9%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.9%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.8%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.7%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	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:	$25,822,000	$12,273		$26,675,000	$12,714		$26,664,000	$12,801
Federal:	$1,207,000	$574	4.7%	$2,383,000	$1,136	8.9%	$2,129,000	$1,022	8.0%
State:	$10,596,000	$5,036	41.0%	$9,874,000	$4,706	37.0%	$10,883,000	$5,225	40.8%
Local:	$14,019,000	$6,663	54.3%	$14,418,000	$6,872	54.1%	$13,652,000	$6,554	51.2%
Total Expenditures:	$29,572,000	$14,055		$25,042,000	$11,936		$29,436,000	$14,132
Total Current Expenditures:	$20,327,000	$9,661		$20,964,000	$9,992		$20,967,000	$10,066
Instructional Expenditures:	$12,506,000	$5,944	61.5%	$12,937,000	$6,166	61.7%	$13,165,000	$6,320	62.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,425,000	$677	7.0%	$1,504,000	$717	7.2%	$1,542,000	$740	7.4%
Administration:	$1,843,000	$876	9.1%	$1,811,000	$863	8.6%	$1,825,000	$876	8.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,553,000	$2,164	22.4%	$4,712,000	$2,246	22.5%	$4,435,000	$2,129	21.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$6,061,000	$2,881		$472,000	$225		$5,319,000	$2,554
Construction:	$5,583,000	$2,654		$0	$0		$4,318,000	$2,073
Total Other:	$15,000	$7		$29,000	$14		$11,000	$5
Interest on Debt:	$690,000	$328		$905,000	$431		$620,000	$298

Total Salary:	$11,455,000	$5,444		$11,973,000	$5,707		$11,882,000	$5,704
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,565,000	$4,071	74.8%	$8,991,000	$4,286	75.1%	$8,998,000	$4,320	75.7%
Other Salary:	$2,890,000	$1,374	25.2%	$2,982,000	$1,421	24.9%	$2,884,000	$1,385	24.3%
Total Benefit:	$4,825,000	$2,293		$4,791,000	$2,284		$4,950,000	$2,376
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,396,000	$1,614	70.4%	$3,413,000	$1,627	71.2%	$3,558,000	$1,708	71.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,429,000	$679	29.6%	$1,378,000	$657	28.8%	$1,392,000	$668	28.1%

* Tamaqua Area 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.