City: New Castle, PN
Address: 300 E Lincoln Ave
District: New Castle Area SD
Phone: (724)656-4700
Length of school day: 6.5
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: URBAN
School Enrollment: 984
Low income: 31.0%
Attendance rate: 87.79%
Number of students entering this school: 81
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 141
High School graduation rate: 79.5%
HS graduation rate for male students: 82.7%
HS graduation rate for female students: 76.6%
HS graduation rate for white students: 83.4%
HS graduation rate for black students: 56.7%
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: 151
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 18
Number of graduates intending to pursue non-degree education: 6
Number of graduates intending to join military: 4
Number of graduates intending to pursue homemaking: 8
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 115
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 4
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 50
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 54
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 48
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP social science exams: 0.0%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP social science exam: 22.2%
Total number of teachers: 54
Full-time teachers: 58
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: 2
Other full-time service coordinators: 1
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 92.5%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 2
9th grade enrollment : 366
10th grade enrollment : 244
11th grade enrollment : 209
12th grade enrollment : 165
Statistics about New Castle SHS in New Castle, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 433.24
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 7.0
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 47.4
Average math SAT score: 429.17
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 5.3
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 51.8
SAT average for all students taking the test: 862.41
ACT average for all students taking the test: 19.5
Average teacher salary: $53213
Teacher salary range: $35500 - $64291
Average administration staff salary: $74144
Administration staff salary range: $63891 - $102980
Suspensions: 243
Library titles: 16015
Library titles checked out during school year: 2051
Computers: 170
CD-ROM titles: 310
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 98.3%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 23.7%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 29.5%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 21.4%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 25.4%
Scaled math score: 1330
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 98.3%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 8.7%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 50.3%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 20.8%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 20.2%
Scaled reading score: 1310