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Palmyra Area Shs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1125 Park Dr

Palmyra PA, 17078, Lebanon County

Phone: 717-838-1331

Ranking:

(277 out of 626, top 44%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Palmyra 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:	64		59		59		63		64		69		66
Total Students:	965		957		929		932		1,015		985		1,027
Grade 9:	290	30.1%	277	28.9%	260	28.0%	211	22.6%	281	27.7%	253	25.7%	265	25.8%
Grade 10:	258	26.7%	242	25.3%	194	20.9%	266	28.5%	242	23.8%	250	25.4%	266	25.9%
Grade 11:	233	24.1%	201	21.0%	252	27.1%	220	23.6%	227	22.4%	253	25.7%	241	23.5%
Grade 12:	184	19.1%	237	24.8%	223	24.0%	235	25.2%	261	25.7%	229	23.2%	255	24.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	4	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	465	48.2%	468	48.9%	463	49.8%	490	52.6%	528	52.0%	500	50.8%	514	50.0%
Female:	500	51.8%	489	51.1%	466	50.2%	442	47.4%	479	47.2%	477	48.4%	509	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	28	2.9%	24	2.5%	23	2.5%	17	1.8%	13	1.3%	12	1.2%	21	2.0%
Hispanic:	24	2.5%	26	2.7%	22	2.4%	26	2.8%	28	2.8%	24	2.4%	19	1.9%
Black:	11	1.1%	15	1.6%	17	1.8%	12	1.3%	19	1.9%	16	1.6%	18	1.8%
White:	886	91.8%	875	91.4%	856	92.1%	871	93.5%	954	94.0%	932	94.6%	968	94.3%
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:	16	1.7%	17	1.8%	11	1.2%	6	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	136	14.1%	110	11.5%	95	10.2%	80	8.6%	89	8.8%	51	5.2%	49	4.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	2.9%	40	4.2%	26	2.8%	28	3.0%	44	4.3%	29	2.9%	25	2.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.03		16.12		15.73		14.83		15.98		14.30		15.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	53.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	57%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	54.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	51.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.7%	61.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	64.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	63.7%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	59.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	72.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.5%	63.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	65.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.5%	64.5%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.4%	40.4%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	54.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.7%	48%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.4%	46.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	57.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76%	75.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86%	86.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.9%	86.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	90.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.8%	74.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.9%	89.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.8%	89.8%	82.9%

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