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West Middlesex Area School District

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West Middlesex Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. West Middlesex Area School District has 51.98 square miles of land area and 0.06 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Middlesex Area School District population is 7,406. West Middlesex Area School District median household income is $40,882 in 2010-2014. West Middlesex Area School District median house value is $124,800 in 2010-2014. On average, West Middlesex Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (310 out of 496, bottom 38%) Elementary/Middle School: (301 out of 498, bottom 40%)* Rank: #308
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	7,406 (2010-2014), rank #423
Population Growth	1.42% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	142.29/sq mi, rank #340
Median Household Income:	$40,882 at 2010-2014—-19.22% increase since 2005-2009, rank #427
Median House Price:	$124,800 at 2010-2014—4.35% increase since 2005-2009, rank #298
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	51.98 sq mi, rank #279
Water Area:	0.06 sq mi (0.12%), rank #406
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Mercer County
City:	West Middlesex, Pulaski, New Wilmington, Hermitage, Mercer
Zip:	16159, 16143, 16142, 16148, 16137
Area:	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA

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West Middlesex Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

3591 Sharon Rd Luther Low Bldg

West Middlesex PA, 16159, Mercer County

Phone: 724-634-3030

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,010	1,023	1,070	1,125	1,147	1,152	1,172
English Language Learner Students:	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
Total Teachers:	76.71	77.81	78.71	79.71	78.71	77.10	76.30
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00
Elementary:	33.50	33.92	33.59	34.57	33.57	33.50	34.60
Secondary:	33.56	33.26	34.49	34.14	33.14	32.60	31.70
Ungraded:	6.65	7.63	7.63	7.00	8.00	7.00	7.00
Total Other Staff:	82.00	94.29	94.29	94.29	81.29	80.70	82.80
Instructional Aides:	14.00	15.00	15.00	17.00	15.50	15.50	16.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.29	1.29	1.29	1.29	1.40	1.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.40	1.40
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.60	1.60
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Student Support Services:	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.30	3.40
Other Support Services:	47.00	53.00	53.00	51.00	40.50	39.50	39.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.17	13.15	13.59	14.11	14.57	14.94	15.36

Schools

Luther W Low Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	3591 Sharon Rd, West Middlesex PA 16159
Oakview Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	3591 Sharon Rd, West Middlesex PA 16159
West Middlesex Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	3591 Sharon Rd, West Middlesex PA 16159
West Middlesex Area Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	3591 Sharon Rd, West Middlesex PA 16159

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.8%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.6%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.7%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.5%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.1%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.4%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	39.2%	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:	$14,102,000	$13,179		$14,685,000	$13,053		$14,451,000	$12,599
Federal:	$1,000,000	$935	7.1%	$2,108,000	$1,874	14.4%	$1,994,000	$1,738	13.8%
State:	$7,499,000	$7,008	53.2%	$7,205,000	$6,404	49.1%	$7,132,000	$6,218	49.4%
Local:	$5,603,000	$5,236	39.7%	$5,372,000	$4,775	36.6%	$5,325,000	$4,643	36.8%
Total Expenditures:	$17,916,000	$16,744		$12,208,000	$10,852		$12,947,000	$11,288
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,162,000	$10,432		$11,015,000	$9,791		$10,976,000	$9,569
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,924,000	$6,471	62.0%	$6,817,000	$6,060	61.9%	$6,942,000	$6,052	63.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$939,000	$878	8.4%	$920,000	$818	8.4%	$868,000	$757	7.9%
Administration:	$1,176,000	$1,099	10.5%	$1,159,000	$1,030	10.5%	$1,040,000	$907	9.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,123,000	$1,984	19.0%	$2,119,000	$1,884	19.2%	$2,126,000	$1,854	19.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,851,000	$4,534		$479,000	$426		$522,000	$455
Construction:	$4,781,000	$4,468		$361,000	$321		$0	$0
Total Other:	$1,000	$1		$25,000	$22		$23,000	$20
Interest on Debt:	$1,250,000	$1,168		$88,000	$78		$912,000	$795

Total Salary:	$6,649,000	$6,214		$6,757,000	$6,006		$6,731,000	$5,868
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,466,000	$4,174	67.2%	$4,546,000	$4,041	67.3%	$4,601,000	$4,011	68.4%
Other Salary:	$2,183,000	$2,040	32.8%	$2,211,000	$1,965	32.7%	$2,130,000	$1,857	31.6%
Total Benefit:	$2,601,000	$2,431		$2,370,000	$2,107		$2,283,000	$1,990
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,844,000	$1,723	70.9%	$1,699,000	$1,510	71.7%	$1,618,000	$1,411	70.9%
Other Benefit:	$757,000	$707	29.1%	$671,000	$596	28.3%	$665,000	$580	29.1%

* West Middlesex 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.