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Steelton-Highspire High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

250 Reynders Ave

Harrisburg PA, 17113, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-704-3809

Ranking:

High School:

(595 out of 626, bottom 5%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(2,185 out of 2,311, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Steelton-Highspire 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:	42		46		44		51		52		59		64
Total Students:	549		566		544		479		517		557		564
Grade 7:	95	17.3%	113	20.0%	117	21.5%	104	21.7%	93	18.0%	99	17.8%	98	17.4%
Grade 8:	103	18.8%	110	19.4%	112	20.6%	76	15.9%	102	19.7%	89	16.0%	96	17.0%
Grade 9:	107	19.5%	108	19.1%	85	15.6%	80	16.7%	85	16.4%	98	17.6%	94	16.7%
Grade 10:	91	16.6%	82	14.5%	89	16.4%	63	13.2%	88	17.0%	92	16.5%	99	17.6%
Grade 11:	67	12.2%	96	17.0%	61	11.2%	85	17.7%	70	13.5%	91	16.3%	97	17.2%
Grade 12:	86	15.7%	57	10.1%	80	14.7%	71	14.8%	79	15.3%	88	15.8%	80	14.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	264	48.1%	268	47.3%	265	48.7%	246	51.4%	212	41.0%	263	47.2%	271	48.0%
Female:	285	51.9%	298	52.7%	279	51.3%	233	48.6%	205	39.7%	227	40.8%	234	41.5%
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%	2	0.4%
Asian:	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	7	1.3%	7	1.5%	5	1.0%	6	1.1%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	111	20.2%	123	21.7%	114	21.0%	73	15.2%	79	15.3%	73	13.1%	68	12.1%
Black:	293	53.4%	279	49.3%	258	47.4%	220	45.9%	238	46.0%	292	52.4%	300	53.2%
White:	104	18.9%	109	19.3%	113	20.8%	107	22.3%	103	19.9%	127	22.8%	136	24.1%
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:	38	6.9%	51	9.0%	52	9.6%	72	15.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	393	71.6%	353	62.4%	338	62.1%	289	60.3%	350	67.7%	310	55.7%	299	53.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	5.3%	48	8.5%	54	9.9%	37	7.7%	0	0.0%	56	10.1%	54	9.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.23		12.44		12.36		9.39		9.94		9.50		8.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	19.5%	19.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	19.5%	19.5%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25%	24.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.6%	17.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.6%	17.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	21.9%	21.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	22.6%	22.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	18%	19.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	31.6%	32.9%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	16%	23.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	38.5%	38.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.2%	45.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	29.5%	28.5%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	38.8%	37.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37.4%	36.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37.9%	37.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	25%	26.3%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	43%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	30%	37.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	10.1%	9.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	7.8%	7.7%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	4.2%	5.2%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	10.9%	10.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	0%	7.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	47.1%	46.5%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.9%	60.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67%	66.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	44.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	48.6%	48.7%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	63.4%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39.1%	45.3%	82.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.6%	34.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	42.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32.6%	32.2%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.6%	54%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.6%	41.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47%	47%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	33.7%	32.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	37.6%	36.4%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.5%	41.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.4%	44.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.8%	44.8%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	15.2%	15.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	20%	19.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	26.2%	25.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.7%	22.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.9%	29%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	51%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.2%	44.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.5%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.9%	40.9%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.5%	41%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	35.1%	35.1%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	40.2%	39.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	27.8%	27.2%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	36.2%	34.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.4%	41.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	47.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	55.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	69.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	56.1%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	57.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18%	17.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	2.7%	2.7%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.8%	18.6%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.5%	36.5%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	21.3%	21.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	24.7%	23.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	16.8%	16.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	35.1%	35.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	72.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.7%	44.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	41.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	35.8%	35.8%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Steelton-Highspire High School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.