City: Mercer, PN
Address: 545 W Butler St
District: Mercer Area SD
Phone: (724)662-5104
Fax: (724)662-2993
Length of school day: 7.2
Number of instructional days: 179
Community type: RURAL
School Enrollment: 741
Low income: 21.8%
Attendance rate: 91.03%
Number of students entering this school: 29
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 48
High School graduation rate: 87.6%
HS graduation rate for male students: 89.8%
HS graduation rate for female students: 86.1%
HS graduation rate for white students: 87.6%
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: 96
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 12
Number of graduates intending to join military: 11
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 73
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 84
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 30
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 20
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 4
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 0
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP social science exams: 6.0%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP social science exam: 18.8%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP science exams: 2.4%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP science exam: 50.0%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP math exams: 3.6%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP math exam: 22.2%
Total number of teachers: 51
Full-time teachers: 43
Part-time teachers: 5
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 63
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: 0
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 21
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 21
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 5
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 7
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 23
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 6
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 4
Total number of teachers in this district: 97
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 : 125
8th grade enrollment : 119
9th grade enrollment : 122
10th grade enrollment : 127
11th grade enrollment : 130
12th grade enrollment : 118
Statistics about Mercer Area JSHS in Mercer, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 511.02
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 20.0
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 16.7
Average math SAT score: 518.81
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 26.7
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 18.3
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1029.83
ACT average for all students taking the test: 21.1
Average teacher salary: $46023
Teacher salary range: $30000 - $58761
Average administration staff salary: $65877
Administration staff salary range: $46350 - $88000
Suspensions: 101
Law-enforcement incidents: 33
Library titles: 9900
Library titles checked out during school year: 16686
Computers: 109
CD-ROM titles: 0
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 98.4%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 26.2%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 25.4%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 21.4%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 27.0%
Scaled math score: 1330
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 98.4%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 19.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 44.4%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 19.8%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 15.9%
Scaled reading score: 1350
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 100.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 16.2%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 47.9%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 18.8%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 17.1%
Scaled math score: 1350
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 100.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 17.9%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 39.3%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 27.4%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 15.4%
Scaled reading score: 1310