City: Pottsville, PN
Address:
16th Street & Elk Avenue
Not Available
District: Pottsville Area SD
Phone: (570)621-2962
Fax: (570)621-2036
Length of school day: 7
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: URBAN
School Enrollment: 1211
Low income: 29.2%
Attendance rate: 90.19%
Number of students entering this school: 106
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 116
High School graduation rate: 79.1%
HS graduation rate for male students: 79.1%
HS graduation rate for female students: 79.1%
HS graduation rate for white students: 79.6%
HS graduation rate for black students: 66.7%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 75%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 66.7%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 100%
Total number of graduates: 259
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 41
Number of graduates intending to pursue non-degree education: 7
Number of graduates intending to join military: 25
Number of graduates intending to pursue homemaking: 1
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 185
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 78
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 54
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 69
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 58
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 4
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP language exams: 0.2%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP language exam: 100.0%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP art exams: 1.5%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP art exam: 77.8%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP social science exams: 2.2%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP social science exam: 53.8%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP science exams: 3.5%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP science exam: 76.2%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP math exams: 2.0%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP math exam: 83.3%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP English exams: 3.0%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP English exam: 88.9%
Total number of teachers: 67
Full-time teachers: 63
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 115
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 39
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: 11
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 12
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 28
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 41
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 28
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 4
Total number of teachers in this district: 154
Administration staff: 3
Other full-time service coordinators: 1
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 95.9%
Councelors: 4
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 2
9th grade enrollment : 310
10th grade enrollment : 300
11th grade enrollment : 324
12th grade enrollment : 277
Statistics about Pottsville Area High School in Pottsville, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 493.55
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 18.4
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 27.4
Average math SAT score: 482.54
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 13.4
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 25.7
SAT average for all students taking the test: 976.09
ACT average for all students taking the test: 18.1
Number of students taking the National Occupational Competency Test: 15
Percentage of of students certified by the National Occupational Competency Test: 46.7%
Average teacher salary: $50308
Teacher salary range: $23000 - $59250
Average administration staff salary: $76678
Administration staff salary range: $56500 - $105340
Suspensions: 255
Explusions: 0
Law-enforcement incidents: 12
Library titles: 7893
Library titles checked out during school year: 2616
Computers: 210
CD-ROM titles: 14
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 97.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 22.6%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 24.7%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 18.1%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 34.5%
Scaled math score: 1310
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 95.3%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 14.5%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 41.5%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 23.4%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 20.6%
Scaled reading score: 1310