Souderton Area School District is a large, suburban public school district which covers an area of almost 50 square miles (129.5 km²) in Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. The district serves the municipalities of Souderton

Souderton, Pennsylvania

Souderton is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 6,618 at the 2010 census.Souderton hosts the end of the annual Univest Grand Prix, a professional bicycle race.- Geography :Souderton is located at ....

, Telford

Telford, Pennsylvania

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, Franconia

Franconia Township, Pennsylvania

Franconia Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,064 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

, Lower Salford

Lower Salford Township, Pennsylvania

Lower Salford Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,959 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

, Upper Salford

Upper Salford Township, Pennsylvania

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, and Salford

Salford Township, Pennsylvania

Salford Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,504 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 9.6 square miles , of which, 9.5 square miles of it is land and...

. By 2005, the population of the district had exceeded 41,000. The Souderton Area School District operates 3 secondary schools and 7 elementary schools. A new high school was built on Lower Road and was occupied in September 2009.

The teachers union for the Souderton Area School District went on strike on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. The dispute was over wages and health-care benefits, among other things. The strike ended September 25, 2008 with the Teachers' Union's acceptance of a nonbinding arbitration report proposed by the Souderton Area School Board.

Secondary

• Souderton Area High School
  Souderton Area High School
  Souderton Area High School is a large, suburban high school located at 625 Lower Road in Souderton, Pennsylvania, United States, and serves residents in Souderton, Telford, Harleysville, and surrounding communities. It is a part of the Souderton Area School District.-Graduation rate:In 2011, the...
  
  
• Indian Crest Middle School
• Indian Valley Middle School

Elementary

• E. Merton Crouthamel (EMC)
• Franconia
• Lower Salford
• Oak Ridge
• Salford Hills
• Vernfield
• West Broad Street

Academic achievement

Souderton Area School District was ranked 46th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSA

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment

The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment is a standardized test administered to public schools in the state of Pennsylvania. Students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11 are assessed in reading skills and mathematics. Students in grades 5, 8, and 11 are assessed in writing skills...

s for: reading, writing, math and three years of science.

• 2010 - 40th
• 2009 - 40th
• 2008 - 49th
• 2007 - 54th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.

In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Souderton Area School District, was in the 91st percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0–99; 100 is state best)

Graduation rate

In 2011, the graduation rate was 98.7%. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Souderton Area School District's rate was 94% for 2010.

Under former calculation formula:

• 2010 - 96%
• 2009 - 96%
• 2008 - 95%
• 2007 - 97%

High School

In 2011 the school achieves AYP status. In 2010 the school was in Making Progress: School Improvement Level II due to chronic, low student achievement.

11th Grade Reading

• 2011 - 88.2% on grade level (% below basic). State - 69.1% of 11th graders are on grade level.
• 2010 - 82.1% on grade level (6.4% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 66% of 11th graders are on grade level.
• 2009 - 80.1% (8.3% below basic), State - 65%
• 2008 - 82.1% (7.5% below basic), State - 65%

11th Grade Math:

• 2011 - 85.6% on grade level (4.7% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 60.3% of 11th graders are on grade level.
• 2010 - 83.9% (5.9% below basic). State - 59%
• 2009 - 73.2% (11.2% below basic). State - 56%.
• 2008 - 74.5% (11.6% below basic), State - 56%

11th Grade Science:

• 2011 - 67.1% on grade level (4.5% below basic). State - 40% of 11th graders were on grade level.
• 2010 - 54.3% (9.5% below basic). State - 39%
• 2009 - 66.1% (4.5% below basic). State - 40%
• 2008 - 55% (8% below basic). State - 39%