City: New Castle, PN
Address: RR 4 Box 30
District: Laurel SD
Phone: (724)658-9056
Fax: (724)658-2992
Length of school day: 7.5
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: RURAL
School Enrollment: 712
Low income: 12.1%
Attendance rate: 95.01%
Number of students entering this school: 12
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 18
High School graduation rate: 95.5%
HS graduation rate for male students: 96.6%
HS graduation rate for female students: 94.1%
HS graduation rate for white students: 95.5%
HS graduation rate for black students: 0%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 0%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 0%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0%
Total number of graduates: 109
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 20
Number of graduates intending to join military: 1
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 88
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 48
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 21
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 39
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 24
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 2
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP math exams: 11.1%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP math exam: 25.9%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP English exams: 4.7%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP English exam: 33.3%
Total number of teachers: 42
Full-time teachers: 40
Part-time teachers: 1
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 54
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 34
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 0
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 2
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 19
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 18
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 9
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 15
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 7
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 7
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 1
Total number of teachers in this district: 88
Administration staff: 4
Other full-time service coordinators: 1
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 100.0%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
7th grade enrollment : 112
8th grade enrollment : 118
9th grade enrollment : 134
10th grade enrollment : 113
11th grade enrollment : 130
12th grade enrollment : 105
Statistics about Laurel JSHS in New Castle, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 493.61
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 16.2
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 28.4
Average math SAT score: 469.31
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 10.8
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 33.8
SAT average for all students taking the test: 962.92
ACT average for all students taking the test: 21.3
Average teacher salary: $46890
Teacher salary range: $29038 - $59690
Average administration staff salary: $74155
Administration staff salary range: $65000 - $84580
Suspensions: 41
Explusions: 0
Law-enforcement incidents: 18
Library titles: 17000
Library titles checked out during school year: 8000
Computers: 275
CD-ROM titles: 30
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 99.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 18.4%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 38.4%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 21.6%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 21.6%
Scaled math score: 1340
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 99.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 20.0%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 46.4%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 20.8%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 12.8%
Scaled reading score: 1360
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 99.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 19.5%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 39.8%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 28.0%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 12.7%
Scaled math score: 1360
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 99.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 30.5%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 50.0%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 13.6%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 5.9%
Scaled reading score: 1410