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G A R Memorial Jshs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

Grant And Lehigh Streets

Wilkes Barre PA, 18702, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-826-7165

Ranking:

High School:

(373 out of 626, bottom 40%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,774 out of 2,311, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Wilkes-Barre Area 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:	66		67		67		69		71		68		130
Total Students:	869		841		933		894		855		880		846
Grade 7:	156	18.0%	131	15.6%	150	16.1%	171	19.1%	141	16.5%	166	18.9%	148	17.5%
Grade 8:	129	14.8%	147	17.5%	196	21.0%	146	16.3%	157	18.4%	147	16.7%	147	17.4%
Grade 9:	156	18.0%	145	17.2%	162	17.4%	162	18.1%	150	17.5%	164	18.6%	159	18.8%
Grade 10:	152	17.5%	157	18.7%	164	17.6%	148	16.6%	161	18.8%	150	17.0%	139	16.4%
Grade 11:	149	17.1%	132	15.7%	130	13.9%	130	14.5%	134	15.7%	124	14.1%	135	16.0%
Grade 12:	127	14.6%	129	15.3%	131	14.0%	137	15.3%	112	13.1%	129	14.7%	118	13.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	455	52.4%	448	53.3%	505	54.1%	467	52.2%	449	52.5%	440	50.0%	434	51.3%
Female:	414	47.6%	393	46.7%	428	45.9%	427	47.8%	390	45.6%	429	48.8%	407	48.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%
Asian:	9	1.0%	12	1.4%	14	1.5%	8	0.9%	8	0.9%	9	1.0%	14	1.7%
Hispanic:	269	31.0%	228	27.1%	218	23.4%	177	19.8%	157	18.4%	150	17.0%	110	13.0%
Black:	251	28.9%	245	29.1%	256	27.4%	247	27.6%	238	27.8%	234	26.6%	210	24.8%
White:	326	37.5%	340	40.4%	428	45.9%	450	50.3%	444	51.9%	481	54.7%	510	60.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	1.3%	15	1.8%	17	1.8%	11	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	649	74.7%	602	71.6%	640	68.6%	590	66.0%	508	59.4%	463	52.6%	356	42.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	6.6%	61	7.3%	60	6.4%	65	7.3%	84	9.8%	70	8.0%	42	5.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.11		12.56		14.02		13.04		12.02		12.90		6.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.7%	66.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	81.6%	66.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75%	68.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	90.4%	66.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	50%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	51.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	59.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	50.9%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	50.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	67.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.6%	74.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.5%	80.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	91.9%	78.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	68.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	60.4%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	65.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.6%	61.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	60.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	45.9%	58.1%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.6%	30.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.5%	32.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	18%	35%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26%	34.2%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	16.7%	36.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	100%	96.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.2%	93.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.3%	91.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.3%	87.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.3%	83.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.1%	83.2%	82.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.6%	78.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	62.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.9%	58.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	67.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	60.8%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47%	60.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	59.4%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	79.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.4%	56.4%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.5%	59.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.3%	66.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	67%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.8%	62.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	60.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.6%	48.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	55.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	62.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	72.7%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57%	60%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	64.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.1%	61.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50%	56.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	56.2%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	59.4%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	64.5%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	67.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	79.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	76.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63%	73.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	79.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	79.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	73.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57%	65.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.1%	40.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	46.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26.3%	47.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.1%	40.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.4%	44.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	99.3%	81.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	85.6%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	70.5%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	81.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	70.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	68.4%	72.7%

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* G A R Memorial Jshs High School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.