City: Tamaqua, PN
Address:
Stadium Road
PO Box 90
District: Tamaqua Area SD
Phone: (570)668-1901
Fax: (570)668-2970
Length of school day: 7
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: RURAL
School Enrollment: 659
Low income: 11.0%
Attendance rate: 93.83%
Number of students entering this school: 42
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 62
High School graduation rate: 83.5%
HS graduation rate for male students: 81.2%
HS graduation rate for female students: 86.3%
HS graduation rate for white students: 84.9%
HS graduation rate for black students: 50%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 0%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0%
Total number of graduates: 131
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 4
Number of graduates intending to pursue non-degree education: 4
Number of graduates intending to join military: 8
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 115
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 84
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 26
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 23
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 14
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 1
Total number of teachers: 41
Full-time teachers: 41
Part-time teachers: 0
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: 2
Other full-time service coordinators: 1
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 93.3%
Councelors: 3
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
9th grade enrollment : 200
10th grade enrollment : 163
11th grade enrollment : 148
12th grade enrollment : 141
Ungraded secondary enrollment : 7
Statistics about Tamaqua Area SHS in Tamaqua, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 506.51
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 18.0
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 16.9
Average math SAT score: 495.58
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 11.2
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 24.7
SAT average for all students taking the test: 1002.09
ACT average for all students taking the test: 22.7
Average teacher salary: $47168
Teacher salary range: $32370 - $61371
Average administration staff salary: $64977
Administration staff salary range: $39127 - $87890
Suspensions: 125
Law-enforcement incidents: 14
Library titles: 13255
Library titles checked out during school year: 2252
Computers: 165
CD-ROM titles: 15
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 100.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 23.6%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 31.8%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 23.0%
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: 100.0%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 12.2%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 48.6%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 24.3%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 14.9%
Scaled reading score: 1330