City: New Castle, PN
Address: 815 Cunningham Ave
District: New Castle Area SD
Phone: (724)656-4720
Length of school day: 6.5
Number of instructional days: 180
School Enrollment: 602
Low income: 52.0%
Attendance rate: 91.03%
Attendance rate for male students: 90.8%
Attendance rate for female students: 91.32%
Attendance rate for American Indian students: 98.05%
Attendance rate for Asian students: 97.07%
Attendance rate for black students: 91.62%
Attendance rate for Hispanic students: 91.08%
Attendance rate for economically disadvantaged students: 87.93%
Number of students entering this school: 74
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 110
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 55
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 55
Total number of teachers: 39
Full-time teachers: 42
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 153
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 79
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 1
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 3
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 42
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 44
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 21
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 14
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 42
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 46
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 10
Total number of teachers in this district: 233
Administration staff: 1
Other full-time service coordinators: 2
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 92.9%
Councelors: 1
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
7th grade enrollment : 311
8th grade enrollment : 291
Statistics about Ben Franklin JHS in New Castle, PN
Average teacher salary: $53213
Teacher salary range: $35500 - $64291
Average administration staff salary: $74144
Administration staff salary range: $63891 - $102980
Suspensions: 234
Library titles: 16300
Library titles checked out during school year: 4850
Computers: 97
CD-ROM titles: 7
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 98.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 9.0%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 31.8%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 21.7%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 37.5%
Scaled math score: 1250
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 97.8%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 10.2%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 37.6%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 23.3%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 28.9%
Scaled reading score: 1250