City: New Kensington, PN
Address: 703 Stevenson Blvd
District: New Kensington-Arnold SD
Phone: (724)337-4536
Fax: (724)337-8054
Length of school day: 7.5
Number of instructional days: 179
Community type: URBAN
School Enrollment: 790
Low income: 35.0%
Attendance rate: 89.61%
Number of students entering this school: 75
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 106
High School graduation rate: 78.1%
HS graduation rate for male students: 77.2%
HS graduation rate for female students: 79.3%
HS graduation rate for white students: 77.4%
HS graduation rate for black students: 80.6%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 0%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0%
Total number of graduates: 126
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 18
Number of graduates intending to pursue non-degree education: 25
Number of graduates intending to join military: 3
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 80
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 87
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 33
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 22
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 7
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 1
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP social science exams: 2.1%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP social science exam: 37.5%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP science exams: 4.5%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP science exam: 5.6%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP English exams: 8.5%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP English exam: 12.1%
Total number of teachers: 52
Full-time teachers: 50
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 108
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 46
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 2
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 4
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 27
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 34
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 15
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 4
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 12
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 27
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 27
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 6
Total number of teachers in this district: 156
Administration staff: 5
Other full-time service coordinators: 4
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 94.3%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
9th grade enrollment : 210
10th grade enrollment : 205
11th grade enrollment : 200
12th grade enrollment : 175
Statistics about Valley SHS in New Kensington, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 479.49
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 6.8
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 31.1
Average math SAT score: 453.54
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 13.6
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 49.5
SAT average for all students taking the test: 933.03
ACT average for all students taking the test: 21.4
Average teacher salary: $46253
Teacher salary range: $18500 - $59425
Average administration staff salary: $64998
Administration staff salary range: $40395 - $89533
Suspensions: 140
Explusions: 0
Library titles: 8300
Library titles checked out during school year: 6900
Computers: 179
CD-ROM titles: 75
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 98.9%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 10.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 21.5%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 21.0%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 46.8%
Scaled math score: 1220
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 98.9%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 5.4%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 37.6%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 20.4%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 36.6%
Scaled reading score: 1210