City: Palmyra, PN
Address: 1125 Park Dr
District: Palmyra Area SD
Phone: (717)838-1331
Fax: (717)838-7915
Length of school day: 7
Number of instructional days: 176
Community type: SUBURBAN
School Enrollment: 798
Low income: 4.3%
Attendance rate: 94.70%
Number of students entering this school: 75
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 74
High School graduation rate: 97.4%
HS graduation rate for male students: 97.1%
HS graduation rate for female students: 97.8%
HS graduation rate for white students: 97.4%
HS graduation rate for black students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0%
Total number of graduates: 169
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 42
Number of graduates intending to join military: 6
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 121
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 56
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 31
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 32
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 24
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 4
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP social science exams: 3.6%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP social science exam: 23.1%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP math exams: 2.8%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP math exam: 100.0%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP English exams: 4.1%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP English exam: 46.7%
Total number of teachers: 60
Full-time teachers: 54
Part-time teachers: 3
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 106
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 64
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 0
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 2
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 35
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 42
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 14
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 13
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 13
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 29
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 18
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 4
Total number of teachers in this district: 170
Administration staff: 3
Other full-time service coordinators: 3
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 97.5%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
9th grade enrollment : 207
10th grade enrollment : 228
11th grade enrollment : 181
12th grade enrollment : 182
Statistics about Palmyra Area SHS in Palmyra, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 527.52
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 22.9
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 17.6
Average math SAT score: 526.43
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 20.6
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 15.3
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1053.95
ACT average for all students taking the test: 24
Average teacher salary: $44607
Teacher salary range: $30023 - $61408
Average administration staff salary: $67569
Administration staff salary range: $51163 - $100127
Suspensions: 108
Explusions: 11
Law-enforcement incidents: 14
Library titles: 8042
Library titles checked out during school year: 1801
Computers: 203
CD-ROM titles: 108
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 100.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 13.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 31.9%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 23.4%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 30.9%
Scaled math score: 1280
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 99.5%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 9.6%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 38.0%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 25.7%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 26.7%
Scaled reading score: 1260