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The Plum Borough School District is a midsized, suburban public school district serving the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum, Pennsylvania. Plum Borough School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 26,940. By 2010, the district's population rose to 27,131 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011〕 In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $20,863, while the median family income was $52,807.〔US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009〕 In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. According to District officials, in school year 2005-06 the Plum Borough School District provided basic educational services to 4,368 pupils. It employed 293 teachers, 155 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 25 administrators. Plum Borough School District received more than $16.9 million in state funding in school year 2005-06. In the 2009-10 school year, the Plum Borough School District provided basic educational services to 4,069 pupils. The District employed: 282 teachers, 317 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 20 administrators. Plum Borough School District received more than $20 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. Plum Borough School District operates seven schools, including Plum High School (9th-12th), Oblock Junior High School (7th-8th), and five elementary schools serving grades K-6th: Adlai Stevenson Elementary School, Center Elementary School, Holiday Park Elementary School, Pivik Elementary School, and Regency Elementary School. The Plum Borough School District is bordered by eight other school districts: Penn Hills School District, Gateway School District, Riverview School District, and Allegheny Valley School District (across the Allegheny River). The District is also bordered by three school districts in neighboring Westmoreland County: Franklin Regional School District, Burrell School District and New Kensington-Arnold School District. ==Academic achievement== ;Statewide academic ranking: In 2013-2014, Plum Borough Senior High school ranked 261st in statewide testing conducted by the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). There are 952 public high schools in Pennsylvania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania High Schools )〕 *2013- 331st *2012- 93rd *2011- 247th *2010- 242nd Plum Borough School District was ranked 135th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2012. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on the last three years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing math and science.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll Rankings 2012 )〕 The PSSAs are given to all children in grades 3rd through 8th and the 11th grade in high school. Adapted examinations are given to children in the special education programs. *2012 - 159th〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Guide to Pennsylvania Schools Statewide ranking )〕 *2011 - 139th 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll Rankings 2011 )〕 *2010 - 128th 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll Rankings 2010 )〕 *2009 - 120th *2008 - 118th 〔(Pennsylvania Public School Rankings, Pittsburgh Business Times. May 23, 2007. )〕 *2007 - 118th out of 501 school districts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three of top school districts in state hail from Allegheny County )〕 ;Overachievers Ranking: In 2013, the ''Pittsburgh Business Times'' also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Plum Borough School District's ranking was 401st. 〔Pittsburgh Business Times, Statewide Overachivers Ranking Information, April 5, 2013〕 The editor describes the ranking as: "a ranking answers the question - which school districts do better than expectations based upon economics? This rank takes the Honor Roll rank and adds the percentage of students in the district eligible for free and reduced-price lunch into the formula. A district finishing high on this rank is smashing expectations, and any district above the median point is exceeding expectations."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Overachiever statewide ranking )〕 *2012 - 460th *2011 - 420th ;Western Pennsylvania ranking: Plum Borough School District was ranked 33rd out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts in 2013 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the most recent three years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: math, reading, writing and science.〔Pittsburgh Business Times, Honor Roll Local Ranking Information 2013, April 5, 2013〕 (includes 105 districts in: Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Beaver County, Butler County, Fayette County, Washington County and Westmoreland County excludes Duquesne City School District & Midland Borough School District due to no high schools) *2012 - 37th *2011 - 38th *2010 - 37th *2009 - 35th 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Western Pennsylvania School District Rankings )〕 *2008 - 31st. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Plum Borough School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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