City: Tamaqua, PN
Address: 502 Penn Street
District: Tamaqua Area SD
Phone: (570)668-1210
Fax: (570)668-5027
Length of school day: 6.45
Number of instructional days: 180
School Enrollment: 573
Low income: 16.0%
Attendance rate: 94.78%
Attendance rate for male students: 93.73%
Attendance rate for female students: 97.22%
Attendance rate for black students: 92.97%
Attendance rate for Hispanic students: 94.79%
Attendance rate for economically disadvantaged students: 92.43%
Number of students entering this school: 38
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 29
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 25
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 22
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 25
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 12
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 10
Total number of teachers: 32
Full-time teachers: 30
Part-time teachers: 1
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 102
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 27
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: 23
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 14
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 9
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 7
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 20
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 26
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 24
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 1
Total number of teachers in this district: 129
Administration staff: 1
Other full-time service coordinators: 1
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 67.9%
Councelors: 1
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
6th grade enrollment : 189
7th grade enrollment : 207
8th grade enrollment : 169
Ungraded secondary enrollment : 8
Statistics about Tamaqua Area MS in Tamaqua, PN
Average teacher salary: $47168
Teacher salary range: $32370 - $61371
Average administration staff salary: $64977
Administration staff salary range: $39127 - $87890
Suspensions: 160
Explusions: 0
Library titles: 8152
Library titles checked out during school year: 19101
Computers: 120
CD-ROM titles: 575
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 98.8%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 10.9%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 52.1%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 17.0%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 20.0%
Scaled math score: 1330
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 98.8%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 13.9%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 44.8%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 26.1%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 15.2%
Scaled reading score: 1310