High · Pennsylvania
Northwest Area HS
Northwest Area HS, a public high school in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania: grades 7–12, 406 students, 11.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Northwest Area SD.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 406
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 75% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 13.3 · 712 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 73% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 68% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 573 · 715 schools compared
Smaller than 51% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Pennsylvania: 49%37%proficient
−23.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 73% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 47% · 183 high schools compared
133 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%14%proficient
−3.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 78% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 27% · 184 high schools compared
133 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Northwest Area SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Northwest Area SD.
Location
- Address
- 243 Thorne Hill Rd, Shickshinny, PA 18655
- Phone
- (570)542-4126
- County
- Luzerne County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berwick Area HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 692 | 13.1 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 200 | 10.5 | — | — | |
Greater Nanticoke Area SHSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 698 | 18.0 | — | — |
| 7–12 | 745 | 14.4 | 44% | 27% | |
Hanover Area JSHSFree meals for all | 7–12 | 977 | 16.5 | 23% | 8.9% |
Wyoming Valley West SHSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,362 | 15.4 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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