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Wilkes-Barre Area School District

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Wilkes-Barre Area School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre Area School District has 114.45 square miles of land area and 2.21 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Wilkes-Barre Area School District population is 59,661. Wilkes-Barre Area School District median household income is $37,474 in 2010-2014. Wilkes-Barre Area School District median house value is $90,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Wilkes-Barre Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (264 out of 496, bottom 47%) Elementary/Middle School: (429 out of 498, bottom 14%)* Rank: #359
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	59,661 (2010-2014), rank #28
Population Growth	-0.42% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	511.38/sq mi, rank #191
Median Household Income:	$37,474 at 2010-2014—8.85% increase since 2005-2009, rank #464
Median House Price:	$90,200 at 2010-2014—6.24% increase since 2005-2009, rank #405
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	114.45 sq mi, rank #124
Water Area:	2.21 sq mi (1.90%), rank #59
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Luzerne County
City:	Wilkes Barre, Georgetown, Plains, Hudson, Hilldale, Laurel Run, Laflin, Blakeslee, Gouldsboro, White Haven, Bear Creek Village
Zip:	18702, 18706, 18705, 18701, 18640, 18610, 18424, 18661, 18602
Area:	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Wilkes-Barre Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

730 South Main St

Wilkes Barre PA, 18711, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-826-7182

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	6,903	6,934	7,044	6,997	6,862	6,708	6,725
English Language Learner Students:	437	451	435	365	408	411	336
Total Teachers:	488.67	488.07	489.07	500.86	493.35	481.60	921.60
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	23.00	22.00	41.00
Elementary:	212.52	217.30	215.35	222.39	212.00	212.50	400.30
Secondary:	236.80	234.46	236.81	241.65	245.53	233.30	455.50
Ungraded:	17.35	14.31	14.91	14.82	12.82	13.80	24.80
Total Other Staff:	310.00	361.80	363.30	385.39	355.40	346.10	385.90
Instructional Aides:	82.00	91.00	91.00	89.00	77.00	71.00	69.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	4.50	4.00	3.34	1.00	2.10	3.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	24.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	7.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	17.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.50	9.00	9.00	16.00
Library/Media Support:	14.00	9.00	9.00	15.00	7.00	7.00	6.50
District Administrators:	5.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	5.90	5.90
District Administrative Support:	20.00	22.00	22.00	24.00	26.50	26.50	28.50
School Administrators:	17.00	18.00	19.00	19.50	19.50	19.50	36.50
School Administrative Support:	37.00	29.00	29.00	40.00	26.00	24.00	23.00
Student Support Services:	NA	29.30	29.30	36.05	28.90	27.10	36.90
Other Support Services:	115.00	132.00	132.00	131.00	142.50	141.00	136.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.13	14.21	14.40	13.97	13.91	13.93	7.30

Schools

Daniel J Flood Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	565 North Washington St, Wilkes Barre PA 18705
Dodson Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	80 Jones St, Wilkes Barre PA 18702
Dr David W Kistler Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	301 Old River Rd, Wilkes Barre PA 18702
Elmer L Meyers Jshs	Grade 7 to Grade 12	341 Carey Ave, Wilkes Barre PA 18702
G A R Memorial Jshs	Grade 7 to Grade 12	Grant And Lehigh Streets, Wilkes Barre PA 18702
Heights/Murray Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1 South Sherman St, Wilkes Barre PA 18702
James M Coughlin Jshs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	80 North Washington St, Wilkes Barre PA 18701
Solomon/Plains Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	41 Abbott St, Wilkes Barre PA 18705
Solomon/Plains Jhs	Grade 7 to Grade 8	43 Abbott St, Wilkes Barre PA 18705

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.2%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.7%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.2%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.8%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.6%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.5%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$99,568,000	$14,135		$103,399,000	$14,778		$100,110,000	$14,589
Federal:	$6,469,000	$918	6.5%	$12,324,000	$1,761	11.9%	$10,862,000	$1,583	10.9%
State:	$39,217,000	$5,567	39.4%	$36,848,000	$5,266	35.6%	$36,290,000	$5,289	36.3%
Local:	$53,882,000	$7,649	54.1%	$54,227,000	$7,750	52.4%	$52,958,000	$7,718	52.9%
Total Expenditures:	$94,543,000	$13,422		$95,666,000	$13,672		$89,816,000	$13,089
Total Current Expenditures:	$82,280,000	$11,681		$82,407,000	$11,777		$76,909,000	$11,208
Instructional Expenditures:	$52,999,000	$7,524	64.4%	$52,062,000	$7,441	63.2%	$49,097,000	$7,155	63.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$7,144,000	$1,014	8.7%	$7,822,000	$1,118	9.5%	$6,601,000	$962	8.6%
Administration:	$6,950,000	$987	8.4%	$7,219,000	$1,032	8.8%	$6,983,000	$1,018	9.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$15,187,000	$2,156	18.5%	$15,304,000	$2,187	18.6%	$14,228,000	$2,073	18.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$674,000	$96		$2,038,000	$291		$1,218,000	$177
Construction:	$577,000	$82		$1,709,000	$244		$324,000	$47
Total Other:	$358,000	$51		$419,000	$60		$427,000	$62
Interest on Debt:	$1,362,000	$193		$1,461,000	$209		$1,736,000	$253

Total Salary:	$45,958,000	$6,524		$45,551,000	$6,510		$42,496,000	$6,193
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$33,240,000	$4,719	72.3%	$32,620,000	$4,662	71.6%	$30,338,000	$4,421	71.4%
Other Salary:	$12,718,000	$1,806	27.7%	$12,931,000	$1,848	28.4%	$12,158,000	$1,772	28.6%
Total Benefit:	$19,775,000	$2,807		$17,477,000	$2,498		$15,470,000	$2,254
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$14,346,000	$2,037	72.5%	$12,462,000	$1,781	71.3%	$11,033,000	$1,608	71.3%
Other Benefit:	$5,429,000	$771	27.5%	$5,015,000	$717	28.7%	$4,437,000	$647	28.7%

* Wilkes-Barre 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.