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Pottsville Area High School
Public - Grades: 9-12
District: Pottsville Area School District

     16th Street & Elk Avenue
     Pottsville, PA  17901   (map)
     (570) 621-2960
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Total Students (2007 - 2008): 1156
Fulltime teachers: 70.5
Student/Teacher Ratio: 16.4
Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 446 ( 39 %)

Type: Regular school
Status: Operational
Locale: Town: Distant
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Schooldigger Rating:
3 stars

Pottsville Area High School ranks 290th of 666 Pennsylvania public high schools.
Schooldigger District Rating:
2 stars

Pottsville Area School District ranks 329th of 536 Pennsylvania school districts.
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Pottsville Area High School - PSSA Test Scores - 11th Grade - Math

Pottsville Area High School - PSSA Test Scores - 11th Grade - Math
PSSA% proficient or better% Advanced
TestYearGradeSchoolDistrictStateSchoolDistrictState
Math20031139.639.649.116.316.323.1
Math20041147.446.349.125.324.724.8
Math20051143.142.750.919.919.726.3
Math20061147.246.75226.426.128.1
Math20071144.944.853.719.419.424.2
Math20081136.235.955.912.312.225.9
Math20091156.55655.62019.825.7

Source:  Pennsylvania Dept of Education

About the charts
This graph shows three data columns for the “% proficient” of the Pennsylvania System of State Assessments (PSSA) for each year. The first column is the score for Pottsville Area High School, the second is the district average, and the third is the state average. Each bar represents the total percentage of students who met the standard, but the bar is also divided to represent the students who performed at an advanced proficiency.
About Pennsylvania System of State Assessments
The annual Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) is a standards based criterion-referenced assessment used to measure a student's attainment of the academic standards while also determining the degree to which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of the standards. Every Pennsylvania student in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 is assessed in reading and math. Every Pennsylvania student in grades 5, 8 and 11 is assessed in writing.

Source: Assessment, Pennsylvania Dept of Education