City: Mercersburg, PN
Address:
5191 Fort Loudon Rd
Not Available
District: Tuscarora SD
Phone: (717)328-5221
Fax: (717)328-9081
Length of school day: 5.7
Number of instructional days: 177
School Enrollment: 704
Low income: 30.7%
Attendance rate: 95.41%
Attendance rate for male students: 93.89%
Attendance rate for female students: 96.75%
Attendance rate for American Indian students: 96.76%
Attendance rate for Asian students: 96.43%
Attendance rate for black students: 94.85%
Attendance rate for Hispanic students: 96.38%
Attendance rate for economically disadvantaged students: 93.78%
Attendance rate for English language learners: 100%
Number of students entering this school: 31
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 28
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 1
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 0
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 4
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 20
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 1
Total number of teachers: 49
Full-time teachers: 44
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 78
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 91
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 0
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 5
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 19
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 17
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 15
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 36
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 35
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 27
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 4
Total number of teachers in this district: 169
Administration staff: 2
Other full-time service coordinators: 3
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 89.2%
Councelors: 1
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
6th grade enrollment : 218
7th grade enrollment : 221
8th grade enrollment : 265
Statistics about James Buchanan MS in Mercersburg, PN
Average teacher salary: $46983
Teacher salary range: $32499 - $53806
Average administration staff salary: $67737
Administration staff salary range: $55400 - $85000
Suspensions: 370
Explusions: 0
Law-enforcement incidents: 15
Library titles: 10200
Library titles checked out during school year: 5300
Computers: 81
CD-ROM titles: 2
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 99.3%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 20.3%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 46.5%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 19.9%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 13.3%
Scaled math score: 1370
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 99.6%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 27.9%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 38.6%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 20.6%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 12.9%
Scaled reading score: 1370