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Purchase Line Jshs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

16559 Route 286 Hwy East

Commodore PA, 15729, Indiana County

Phone: 724-254-4312

Ranking:

High School:

(246 out of 626, top 39%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,727 out of 2,311, bottom 25%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Purchase Line 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:	35		40		42		44		45		45		31
Total Students:	477		494		500		499		510		533		536
Grade 7:	72	15.1%	91	18.4%	98	19.6%	84	16.8%	88	17.3%	105	19.7%	97	18.1%
Grade 8:	96	20.1%	93	18.8%	81	16.2%	79	15.8%	86	16.9%	91	17.1%	83	15.5%
Grade 9:	90	18.9%	75	15.2%	90	18.0%	97	19.4%	105	20.6%	85	15.9%	98	18.3%
Grade 10:	70	14.7%	77	15.6%	83	16.6%	88	17.6%	73	14.3%	94	17.6%	89	16.6%
Grade 11:	75	15.7%	81	16.4%	88	17.6%	71	14.2%	83	16.3%	72	13.5%	89	16.6%
Grade 12:	74	15.5%	76	15.4%	59	11.8%	80	16.0%	75	14.7%	86	16.1%	80	14.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	245	51.4%	270	54.7%	263	52.6%	260	52.1%	265	52.0%	281	52.7%	269	50.2%
Female:	232	48.6%	224	45.3%	237	47.4%	239	47.9%	237	46.5%	244	45.8%	263	49.1%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	4	0.8%	6	1.2%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	7	1.3%	6	1.1%
Black:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	4	0.7%
White:	470	98.5%	485	98.2%	494	98.8%	493	98.8%	502	98.4%	522	97.9%	526	98.1%
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:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	217	45.5%	217	43.9%	212	42.4%	188	37.7%	205	40.2%	186	34.9%	208	38.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	15.5%	82	16.6%	64	12.8%	64	12.8%	85	16.7%	81	15.2%	72	13.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.64		12.43		11.93		11.41		11.33		11.90		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.9%	34.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	41.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	47.9%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49%	49.5%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	53.6%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	71.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	70.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.6%	49.6%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.8%	61.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.1%	63.9%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	70.1%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.7%	68.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.4%	67.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	77.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	47.5%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	52.6%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.5%	44.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	48.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.9%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.7%	91.9%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.6%	92.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.7%	86.7%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.9%	87.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.8%	89.4%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%	82.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	65.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	71.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	80.1%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.4%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	60.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	68.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.6%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45%	45%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	54.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63%	62.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	58.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	76.2%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	69.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	64.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	69.5%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71.9%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	68.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.5%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	73.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	72.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	46.3%	46.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	72.7%

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* Purchase Line Jshs High School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.