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Northwest Area High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

243 Thorne Hill Rd

Shickshinny PA, 18655, Luzerne County

Phone: 570-542-4126

Ranking:

High School:

(471 out of 626, bottom 25%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,184 out of 2,311, bottom 49%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Northwest Area School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	43		44		43		43		46		47		103
Total Students:	535		539		544		600		627		647		652
Grade 7:	82	15.3%	87	16.1%	81	14.9%	106	17.7%	102	16.3%	125	19.3%	124	19.0%
Grade 8:	95	17.8%	84	15.6%	94	17.3%	100	16.7%	128	20.4%	117	18.1%	108	16.6%
Grade 9:	71	13.3%	82	15.2%	82	15.1%	114	19.0%	100	15.9%	95	14.7%	100	15.3%
Grade 10:	86	16.1%	84	15.6%	111	20.4%	105	17.5%	91	14.5%	98	15.1%	126	19.3%
Grade 11:	88	16.4%	112	20.8%	99	18.2%	89	14.8%	96	15.3%	113	17.5%	105	16.1%
Grade 12:	113	21.1%	90	16.7%	77	14.2%	86	14.3%	110	17.5%	99	15.3%	89	13.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	270	50.5%	273	50.6%	284	52.2%	304	50.7%	332	53.0%	324	50.1%	309	47.4%
Female:	265	49.5%	266	49.4%	260	47.8%	296	49.3%	287	45.8%	315	48.7%	339	52.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	2	0.4%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	5	0.8%	5	0.8%	4	0.6%
Hispanic:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	3	0.5%
Black:	7	1.3%	6	1.1%	8	1.5%	8	1.3%	12	1.9%	11	1.7%	7	1.1%
White:	521	97.4%	526	97.6%	528	97.1%	586	97.7%	607	96.8%	627	96.9%	638	97.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	156	29.2%	141	26.2%	121	22.2%	156	26.0%	146	23.3%	138	21.3%	138	21.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	43	8.0%	41	7.6%	42	7.7%	46	7.7%	65	10.4%	92	14.2%	92	14.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.44		12.25		12.65		13.95		13.63		13.80		6.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.8%	44.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.7%	33%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.2%	47.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.9%	44.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	48.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	42.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.9%	35.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.9%	38.1%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	44.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.7%	43.4%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	62.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	63.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.2%	80.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	65.9%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.3%	62.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.4%	63%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	70.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.5%	69.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.8%	36.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.6%	45.1%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	43%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	49.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	51.5%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	74.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.5%	95.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	74.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.7%	78.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	73%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.7%	86.8%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.8%	85.7%	82.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	70.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.3%	64.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	66.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.6%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	74.3%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	70.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	70.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	67.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62%	61.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.3%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	70.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	54.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	70.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.6%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	74%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71.2%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	84.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	71.3%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	85.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	84.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	78.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.2%	90.2%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	88.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	56.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	62.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	82.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.9%	93%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	88.3%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	80.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.5%	89.5%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	88.6%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Northwest Area 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.