City: Shickshinny, PN
Address: 243 Thornehill Road
District: Northwest Area SD
Phone: (570)542-0108
Fax: (570)542-7538
Length of school day: 6.33
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: RURAL
School Enrollment: 653
Low income: 27.0%
Attendance rate: 91.55%
Number of students entering this school: 40
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 51
High School graduation rate: 90.2%
HS graduation rate for male students: 89.6%
HS graduation rate for female students: 90.7%
HS graduation rate for white students: 89.8%
HS graduation rate for black students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0%
Total number of graduates: 72
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 18
Number of graduates intending to join military: 1
Number of graduates intending to pursue homemaking: 2
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 51
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 67
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 37
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 20
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 12
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 6
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP science exams: 2.0%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP science exam: 25.0%
Percentage of students taking the CEEB AP math exams: 1.0%
Percentage of students achieving a score of 3 or higher in the CEEB AP math exam: 0.0%
Total number of teachers: 40
Full-time teachers: 41
Part-time teachers: 2
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 1
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 37
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 56
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 2
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 2
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 15
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 9
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 2
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 12
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 32
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 2
Total number of teachers in this district: 96
Administration staff: 6
Other full-time service coordinators: 2
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 96.9%
Councelors: 1
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 1
7th grade enrollment : 130
8th grade enrollment : 105
9th grade enrollment : 101
10th grade enrollment : 111
11th grade enrollment : 105
12th grade enrollment : 100
Ungraded secondary enrollment : 1
Statistics about Northwest Area HS in Shickshinny, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 501.19
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 16.7
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 23.3
Average math SAT score: 490.17
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: 30.0
SAT average for all students taking the test: 991.36
ACT average for all students taking the test: 19.7
Number of students taking the National Occupational Competency Test: 0
Percentage of of students certified by the National Occupational Competency Test: 0.0%
Average teacher salary: $54584
Teacher salary range: $31731 - $63940
Average administration staff salary: $58181
Administration staff salary range: $31731 - $80500
Suspensions: 87
Explusions: 0
Library titles: 13817
Library titles checked out during school year: 5608
Computers: 200
CD-ROM titles: 30
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 97.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 15.5%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 27.8%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 29.9%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 26.8%
Scaled math score: 1290
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 97.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 16.5%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 49.5%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 17.5%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 16.5%
Scaled reading score: 1330
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 99.1%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 13.1%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 37.4%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 29.0%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 20.6%
Scaled math score: 1310
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 99.1%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 30.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 43.0%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 15.9%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 10.3%
Scaled reading score: 1380