Bangor Area School District - High School

High School

Bangor Area High School is in School Improvement I due to chronic low student achievement. In 2009, the school was in School Improvement I. The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) requires schools not meeting AYP to complete and implement a school improvement plan which delineates strategic practices to raise the achievement levels of all students. The high school has developed a school improvement plan. The district is required to permit students to transfer to an achieving school within the district.

11th Grade Reading

• 2010 – 79% on grade level Boys – 67% / Girls-75% (15% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 66% of 11th graders are on grade level.
• 2009 – 60%, Boys – 52% / Girls-68% (21% below basic), State – 65%
• 2008 – 53%, Boys – 40%/Girls – 56% (31% below basic), State – 65%
• 2007 – 63%, Boys – 58%/Girls – 68% (19% below basic), State – 65%

11th Grade Math:

• 2010 – 67%, on grade level (20% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level.
• 2009 – 52% (29% below basic). State – 56%.
• 2008 – 43% (38% below basic), State – 56%
• 2007 – 52% (24% below basic), State – 53%

11th Grade Science:

• 2010 – 37% on grade level (22% below basic). State – 39% of 11th graders were on grade level.
• 2009 – 35% (22% below basic). State – 40%
• 2008 – 28%, State – 39%

College remediation

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 15% of Bangor Area High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.