City: Halifax, PN
Address: 3940 Peters Mountain Rd
District: Halifax Area SD
Phone: (717)896-3416
Fax: (717)896-3976
Length of school day: 6
Number of instructional days: 180
School Enrollment: 301
Low income: 21.6%
Attendance rate: 95.42%
Attendance rate for male students: 95.42%
Attendance rate for female students: 95.26%
Attendance rate for black students: 83.75%
Attendance rate for Hispanic students: 94.17%
Attendance rate for economically disadvantaged students: 93.8%
Number of students entering this school: 15
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 19
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 55
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 20
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 0
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 0
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 0
Total number of teachers: 25
Full-time teachers: 25
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 47
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 50
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 0
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 1
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 19
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 13
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 16
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 13
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 4
Total number of teachers in this district: 97
Administration staff: 1
Other full-time service coordinators: 0
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 47.1%
Councelors: 1
Librarians: 0
Other staff: 0
6th grade enrollment : 103
7th grade enrollment : 93
8th grade enrollment : 105
Statistics about Halifax Area MS in Halifax, PN
Average teacher salary: $42895
Teacher salary range: $29886 - $54272
Average administration staff salary: $72104
Administration staff salary range: $65048 - $89500
Suspensions: 20
Explusions: 0
Law-enforcement incidents: 13
Library titles: 5694
Library titles checked out during school year: 1541
Computers: 34
CD-ROM titles: 8
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 97.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 15.2%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 38.1%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 21.9%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 24.8%
Scaled math score: 1310
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 98.1%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 33.0%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 42.5%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 8.5%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 16.0%
Scaled reading score: 1380