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Benton Area Mshs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

400 Park St

Benton PA, 17814, Columbia County

Phone: 570-925-2651

Ranking:

High School:

(393 out of 626, bottom 37%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(856 out of 2,311, top 37%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Benton 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:	28		28		27		34		33		33		33
Total Students:	295		313		324		341		332		343		371
Grade 7:	60	20.3%	57	18.2%	57	17.6%	60	17.6%	66	19.9%	50	14.6%	66	17.8%
Grade 8:	53	18.0%	56	17.9%	62	19.1%	69	20.2%	50	15.1%	62	18.1%	63	17.0%
Grade 9:	44	14.9%	53	16.9%	52	16.0%	46	13.5%	53	16.0%	50	14.6%	54	14.6%
Grade 10:	51	17.3%	50	16.0%	46	14.2%	59	17.3%	52	15.7%	53	15.5%	60	16.2%
Grade 11:	47	15.9%	45	14.4%	59	18.2%	55	16.1%	55	16.6%	58	16.9%	70	18.9%
Grade 12:	40	13.6%	52	16.6%	48	14.8%	52	15.2%	56	16.9%	70	20.4%	58	15.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	143	48.5%	158	50.5%	163	50.3%	166	48.7%	165	49.7%	158	46.1%	183	49.3%
Female:	152	51.5%	155	49.5%	161	49.7%	175	51.3%	159	47.9%	177	51.6%	184	49.6%
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%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	3	0.8%
Black:	4	1.4%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
White:	289	98.0%	310	99.0%	322	99.4%	337	98.8%	328	98.8%	339	98.8%	366	98.7%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	77	26.1%	63	20.1%	105	32.4%	110	32.3%	76	22.9%	83	24.2%	82	22.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	9.5%	20	6.4%	40	12.3%	36	10.6%	38	11.4%	32	9.3%	50	13.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.44		11.12		12.00		10.18		10.22		10.60		11.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52%	52%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.6%	34.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	53.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	49.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	60.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.7%	52.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.7%	46%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	61.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	69.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	55.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	47.3%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	60.3%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.9%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.8%	38.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	47.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34%	31.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50%	47.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51%	49.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.5%	95.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.9%	89.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	62.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76%	74.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94%	93.5%	82.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.6%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	84.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.9%	90.9%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	68.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.5%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	87.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	88.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	50.8%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	61.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	75.8%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	79.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	66.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	70.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	78.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	75.8%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	79.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	61.9%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	61%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	63.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	42.2%	42.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61%	60%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	72.9%	72.7%

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* Benton Area Mshs High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.