- Jersey Shore Area School District
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Jersey Shore Area School District 
Address 175 A&P Drive
Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, Lycoming, 17740
United StatesInformation School board 9 elected members Superintendent Richard J. Emery Grades K-12 Kindergarten 221 Grade 1 187 Grade 2 217 Grade 3 207 Grade 4 207 Grade 5 186 Grade 6 195 Grade 7 214 Grade 8 205 Grade 9 249 Grade 10 221 Grade 11 204 Grade 12 205 Other Enrollment projected to increase to 3144 by 2019 Mascot Bulldog Website http://www.jsasd.k12.pa.us/5408751110231751/site/default.asp 
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The Jersey Shore Area School District is a public school district in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and Clinton County, Pennsylvania. It is centered on the borough of Jersey Shore and serves the surrounding Lycoming County municipalities of Limestone Township, Bastress Township, Nippenose Township, Porter Township, Piatt Twp, Anthony Township, Mifflin Township, Waton Twp, Cummings Township, McHenry Township, Brown Township, and Salladasburg. It also encompasses Avis, Pine Creek Township, and Crawford Township in Clinton County. The district encompasses approximately 385 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 19,807. District officials report that in the 2007-2008 school year the Jersey Shore Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,805 pupils through the employment of 213 teachers, 53 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 15 administrators.
The district operates six schools: Avis Elementary School, Jersey Shore Elementary School, Nippenose Elementary School, Salladasburg Elementary School, Jersey Shore Area Middle School, and Jersey Shore Area High School.
Academic achievement
Jersey Shore Area School District was ranked 292nd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance based four years of student achievement scores on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and two years of science.[2]
- 2009 - 297th
- 2008 - 311th
- 2007 - 268th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.[3]
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Jersey Shore Area School District, was in the 55th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0-99; 100 is state best) [4]
Graduation rate
In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Jersey Shore Area School District's rate was 83% for 2010.[5]
Traditional AYP graduation rate:
References
- ^ Pennsylvania Department of Education (January 2009). "Jersey Shore Area School District Enrollment and Projections". http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/enrollment_projections/18805.
- ^ Pittsburgh Business Times (May 1, 2010). "Statewide Honor Roll.". http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/feature/schools/statewide_rankings.html.
- ^ "Three of top school districts in state hail from Allegheny County,". Pittsburgh Business Times,. May 23, 2007. http://www.wtae.com/education/13346734/detail.html.
- ^ "2009 PSSA RESULTS Jersey Shore Area School District,". The Morning Call. http://projects.mcall.com/PSSA-results/district/117414003/JERSEY%20SHORE%20AREA%20SD/. Retrieved March 2011.
- ^ Pennsylvania Department of Education (March 15, 2011). "New 4-year Cohort Graduation Rate Calculation Now Being Implemented". http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_department_of_education/7237/info/757639.
- ^ "Jersey Shore Area School District Academic Achievement Report Card 2010 data table". http://paayp.emetric.net/District/DataTable/c41/117414003. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ^ The Times-Tribune (June 25, 2009). "Lycoming County Graduation Rates 2008". http://thetimes-tribune.com/data-center/grading-our-schools/2008-graduation-rates-1.85916?appSession=991199429753633#axzz1CqEf2ZfQ.
- ^ Pennsylvania Partnership for Children (2007). "Pennsylvania High School graduation rates by school district". http://www.scribd.com/doc/23571629/PA-High-School-Graduation-Info-by-School-District-2007.
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