Elderton High School
| Elderton Junior Senior High School | |
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Lytle Street Elderton, Pennsylvania, Armstrong County 15736-0128 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′34″N 79°20′22″W / 40.6928427°N 79.3394846°WCoordinates: 40°41′34″N 79°20′22″W / 40.6928427°N 79.3394846°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Closed | Spring 2012 |
| School district | Armstrong School District |
| Principal | Stephen Shutters |
| Faculty | 30 teachers |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Number of students | 304 (2011) |
| • Grade 7 | 67 |
| • Grade 8 | 53 |
| • Grade 9 | 43 |
| • Grade 10 | 62 |
| • Grade 11 | 28 |
| • Grade 12 | 51 |
| Color(s) | Green & White |
| Mascot | Bobcat |
Elderton Junior Senior High School was a tiny, rural, public junior senior high school in Elderton in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was part of the Armstrong School District. Elderton Junior Senior High School providing grades 7th through 12th. The school officially closed after the 2008–09 school year. It was reopened for 2010–11. Then closed permanently in 2012. According to Sheldon Berk, Armstrong School District's interim director of finance, the District saved $1.7 million by closing Elderton Junior Senior High School. It was one of then four high schools operated by the District in the spring of 2012.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, Elderton Junior Senior High School reported an enrollment of 304 pupils in grades 7th through 12th, with 91 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. The school employed 30 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 10:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
In 2013, a community group sought to lease the former Elderton Junior Senior High School building for a K-12 charter school - Everlasting Elderton Charter School. The Armstrong School Board rejected the application for the charter school and leasing the building to the group. The group announced its intention to appeal the rejection to the state's Charter School Appeal Board.
In 2009, Elderton sought to leave the Armstrong School District and join Apollo-Ridge School District. That effort failed when the Apollo-Ridge School District decided to oppose the effort.
In 2009, Elderton Junior - Senior High School is ranked 71st out of 123 western Pennsylvania high schools, by the Pittsburgh Business Times, for student academic achievement as demonstrated on three years of PSSAs on: reading, writing, math and one year of science.
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