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Blackhawk Intermediate School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

635 Shenango Rd

Beaver Falls PA, 15010, Beaver County

Phone: 724-843-5050

Ranking:

(533 out of 2,311, top 23%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 5

School District: Blackhawk School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	36		34		35		35		39		35		38
Total Students:	579		573		535		563		565		608		582
Grade 3:	183	31.6%	175	30.5%	187	35.0%	189	33.6%	156	27.6%	221	36.3%	188	32.3%
Grade 4:	177	30.6%	193	33.7%	192	35.9%	154	27.4%	220	38.9%	190	31.3%	210	36.1%
Grade 5:	201	34.7%	188	32.8%	156	29.2%	220	39.1%	189	33.5%	197	32.4%	184	31.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	301	52.0%	302	52.7%	266	49.7%	276	49.0%	289	51.2%	308	50.7%	283	48.6%
Female:	278	48.0%	271	47.3%	269	50.3%	287	51.0%	260	46.0%	288	47.4%	293	50.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	5	0.9%
Hispanic:	3	0.5%	6	1.0%	7	1.3%	9	1.6%	8	1.4%	5	0.8%	2	0.3%
Black:	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	6	1.1%	10	1.6%	11	1.9%
White:	551	95.2%	551	96.2%	511	95.5%	542	96.3%	540	95.6%	585	96.2%	562	96.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	3.1%	11	1.9%	12	2.2%	9	1.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	134	23.1%	156	27.2%	116	21.7%	116	20.6%	113	20.0%	96	15.8%	96	16.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	6.6%	27	4.7%	47	8.8%	45	8.0%	46	8.1%	30	4.9%	35	6.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.29		16.66		15.33		16.18		14.56		17.40		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	96%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	97%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	91.8%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	93%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	94.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.8%	96.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	84.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	82%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	86%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	79%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	83.1%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	88.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	90.5%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	91.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	94.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	94.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	79.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	95.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	88.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	92.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	94.1%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	82.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	91.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	91.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	83.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	74%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.1%	75.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	75.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.4%	66.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	67.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	60.4%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	71.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.4%	64.2%

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* Blackhawk Intermediate School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.