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Octorara Area Junior And Senior High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
226 Highland Rd
Atglen, PA 19310
Phone
(610) 593-8223
District
OCTORARA AREA SD
County
CHESTER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1095
Classroom Teachers
67

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

4

(10 is best)

Better than 36.6% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Octorara Area Junior And Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
35%
42%
56%
58%
14%
27%
35%
42%
56%
58%
14%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
39%
49%
56%
14%
23%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
63%
64%
73%
64%
53%
63%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 170 15.5%
Grade 8 182 16.6%
Grade 9 175 16.0%
Grade 10 194 17.7%
Grade 11 187 17.1%
Grade 12 187 17.1%
Total 1095 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.3% 74.5% 65.3%
Black 6.5% 5.7% 15.4%
Hispanic 16.6% 19.3% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.4% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.8% 39.7% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 33.5% 39.4% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.3% 0.4% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,382 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 230.7 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.1% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.5% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.3% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 14.7% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,223 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 8.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.1% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.0% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 24.0% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.3% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.6% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.5% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.2% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.4% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,106 $24,533,154 48.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,004 $2,217,836 4.4%
Staff $530 $1,170,770 2.3%
General Administration $377 $832,793 1.6%
School Administration $956 $2,111,804 4.2%
Operation $1,360 $3,004,240 5.9%
Transportation $1,093 $2,414,437 4.8%
Other $613 $1,354,117 2.7%
Total Support $5,932 $13,103,788 25.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,960 $13,165,640 25.9%
Total Expenditures $22,999 $50,804,791 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%