City: New Castle, PN
Address: 2550 Ellwood Rd
District: Shenango Area SD
Phone: (724)658-5537
Fax: (724)658-7584
Length of school day: 6.75
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: RURAL
School Enrollment: 636
Low income: 13.5%
Attendance rate: 93.49%
Number of students entering this school: 21
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 27
High School graduation rate: 98.8%
HS graduation rate for male students: 100%
HS graduation rate for female students: 97.8%
HS graduation rate for white students: 98.8%
HS graduation rate for black students: 0%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 0%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 0%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0%
Total number of graduates: 89
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 6
Number of graduates intending to join military: 5
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 78
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 212
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 66
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 20
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 15
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 5
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP social science exams: 4.4%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP social science exam: 22.2%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP science exams: 0.5%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP science exam: 100.0%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP English exams: 4.9%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP English exam: 60.0%
Total number of teachers: 46
Full-time teachers: 39
Part-time teachers: 1
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 41
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 43
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 0
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 0
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 17
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 12
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 6
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 14
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 4
Total number of teachers in this district: 84
Administration staff: 2
Other full-time service coordinators: 2
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 96.7%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
7th grade enrollment : 101
8th grade enrollment : 114
9th grade enrollment : 107
10th grade enrollment : 111
11th grade enrollment : 114
12th grade enrollment : 89
Statistics about Shenango Area JSHS in New Castle, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 472.79
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 5.8
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 30.4
Average math SAT score: 467.94
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 5.8
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 37.7
SAT average for all students taking the test: 940.74
ACT average for all students taking the test: 16.8
Average teacher salary: $51787
Teacher salary range: $33740 - $58472
Average administration staff salary: $78630
Administration staff salary range: $63353 - $92106
Suspensions: 28
Law-enforcement incidents: 11
Library titles: 13832
Library titles checked out during school year: 1583
Computers: 180
CD-ROM titles: 40
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 94.4%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 14.7%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 33.3%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 29.4%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 22.5%
Scaled math score: 1300
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 94.4%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 12.7%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 48.0%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 22.5%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 16.7%
Scaled reading score: 1330
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 100.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 1.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 50.9%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 22.3%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 25.0%
Scaled math score: 1280
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 98.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 17.3%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 40.0%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 19.1%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 23.6%
Scaled reading score: 1300