City: Wilkes-Barre, PN
Address:
Grant & Lehigh Streets
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District: Wilkes-Barre Area SD
Phone: (570)826-7165
Fax: (570)826-7164
Length of school day: 7
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: URBAN
School Enrollment: 907
Low income: 38.0%
Attendance rate: 87.59%
Number of students entering this school: 58
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 107
High School graduation rate: 83.7%
HS graduation rate for male students: 79.4%
HS graduation rate for female students: 87.2%
HS graduation rate for white students: 87.6%
HS graduation rate for black students: 25%
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: 92
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 11
Number of graduates intending to pursue non-degree education: 3
Number of graduates intending to join military: 5
Number of graduates intending to pursue homemaking: 1
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 72
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 55
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 62
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 22
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 6
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 3
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP social science exams: 4.6%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP social science exam: 8.3%
Total number of teachers: 66.5
Full-time teachers: 65
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 298
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 161
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 3
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 2
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 76
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 65
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 39
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 38
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 34
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 97
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 92
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 19
Total number of teachers in this district: 462
Administration staff: 3
Other full-time service coordinators: 3
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 96.0%
Councelors: 3
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
7th grade enrollment : 194
8th grade enrollment : 175
9th grade enrollment : 138
10th grade enrollment : 141
11th grade enrollment : 140
12th grade enrollment : 119
Statistics about G A R Memorial JSHS in Wilkes-Barre, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 471.23
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 11.7
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 36.7
Average math SAT score: 464.56
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 10.0
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 40.0
SAT average for all students taking the test: 935.79
ACT average for all students taking the test: 23
Number of students taking the National Occupational Competency Test: 1
Percentage of of students certified by the National Occupational Competency Test: 100.0%
Average teacher salary: $56803
Teacher salary range: $33979 - $72552
Average administration staff salary: $80739
Administration staff salary range: $66887 - $108632
Suspensions: 280
Law-enforcement incidents: 31
Library titles: 10500
Library titles checked out during school year: 1900
Computers: 215
CD-ROM titles: 15
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 92.5%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 26.0%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 28.5%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 20.3%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 25.2%
Scaled math score: 1330
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 91.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 7.4%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 43.0%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 27.3%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 22.3%
Scaled reading score: 1270
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 90.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 9.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 34.0%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 28.8%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 27.5%
Scaled math score: 1290
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 88.8%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 9.3%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 31.8%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 30.5%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 28.5%
Scaled reading score: 1240