City: Altoona, PN
Address: 1415 6th Ave
District: Altoona Area SD
Phone: (814)946-8305
Fax: (814)946-8272
Length of school day: 7
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: URBAN
School Enrollment: 1947
Low income: 49.4%
Attendance rate: 91.99%
Number of students entering this school: 60
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 203
High School graduation rate: 85.2%
HS graduation rate for male students: 83.3%
HS graduation rate for female students: 87.3%
HS graduation rate for white students: 85.2%
HS graduation rate for black students: 86.7%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 50%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0%
Total number of graduates: 561
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 115
Number of graduates intending to pursue non-degree education: 39
Number of graduates intending to join military: 18
Number of graduates intending to pursue homemaking: 5
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 384
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 196
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 70
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 62
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 27
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 13
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP language exams: 0.9%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP language exam: 54.5%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP art exams: 0.6%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP art exam: 100.0%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP social science exams: 6.5%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP social science exam: 71.4%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP science exams: 3.0%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP science exam: 75.7%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP math exams: 4.2%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP math exam: 69.1%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP English exams: 1.5%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP English exam: 94.7%
Total number of teachers: 118
Full-time teachers: 119
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 326
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 195
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 1
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 13
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 82
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 79
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 72
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 44
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 59
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 93
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 72
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 8
Total number of teachers in this district: 522
Administration staff: 5
Other full-time service coordinators: 2
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 98.8%
Councelors: 7
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 4
7th grade enrollment : 1
8th grade enrollment : 4
9th grade enrollment : 4
10th grade enrollment : 688
11th grade enrollment : 653
12th grade enrollment : 597
Statistics about Altoona Area HS in Altoona, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 488.61
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 15.6
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 28.0
Average math SAT score: 494.53
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 18.8
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 29.5
SAT average for all students taking the test: 983.14
ACT average for all students taking the test: 17.3
Average teacher salary: $48376
Teacher salary range: $29400 - $62000
Average administration staff salary: $79450
Administration staff salary range: $64458 - $129384
Suspensions: 165
Law-enforcement incidents: 60
Library titles: 26656
Library titles checked out during school year: 2993
Computers: 488
CD-ROM titles: 97
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 94.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 21.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 27.8%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 22.1%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 28.3%
Scaled math score: 1310
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 93.4%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 19.1%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 46.1%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 20.9%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 13.8%
Scaled reading score: 1350