Benton Area Mshs School in Benton, Pennsylvania (PA)

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City-data.com school rating (using weighted 2007 test average as compared to other schools in Pennsylvania) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) is 59.

600 Green Acres Road
Benton, PA 17814

County: Columbia County
Grade span: 7 - 12

Principal: Mr Joseph Goode
Phone: (570) 925-2651 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Enrollment in Benton Area Mshs School

2007 Student Enrollment: 371

7th Grade Enrollment : 67
8th Grade Enrollment : 61
9th Grade Enrollment : 60
10th Grade Enrollment : 73
11th Grade Enrollment : 58
12th Grade Enrollment : 52

Grades in Benton Area Mshs School

2006 Student Enrollment: 382

7th Grade Enrollment : 66
8th Grade Enrollment : 68
9th Grade Enrollment : 77
10th Grade Enrollment : 62
11th Grade Enrollment : 51
12th Grade Enrollment : 58

Grades in Benton Area Mshs School

2005 Student Enrollment: 382

7th Grade Enrollment : 68
8th Grade Enrollment : 76
9th Grade Enrollment : 65
10th Grade Enrollment : 56
11th Grade Enrollment : 63
12th Grade Enrollment : 54

Grades in Benton Area Mshs School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Statistics:

Students tested - Math : 32
Students tested - Verbal : 32
Students tested - Writing : 32

Average Math Score: 477.0

Here:	477.0
State average from 625 schools:	480.2

Average Verbal Score: 495.0

This school:	495.0
State average from 625 schools:	473.1

Average Writing Score: 483.0

Here:	483.0
State average from 625 schools:	460.5

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Statistics:

Students tested - Math : 38
Students tested - Verbal : 38
Students tested - Writing : 38

Average Math Score: 476.0

Here:	476.0
State average from 617 schools:	482.4

Average Verbal Score: 482.0

Here:	482.0
State average from 617 schools:	476.0

Average Writing Score: 449.0

Here:	449.0
State average from 617 schools:	461.7

2007 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - All grades:

PSSA Math Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Math Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Math : 179

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 20.0%

Here:	20.0%
State average from 2969 schools:	14.1%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 2969 schools:	14.9%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 36.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	36.0%
State average from 2969 schools:	32.1%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 34.0%

Here:	34.0%
State average from 2969 schools:	37.1%

PSSA Reading Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Reading Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Reading : 179

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 17.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	17.0%
State average from 2969 schools:	15.8%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 17.0%

Here:	17.0%
State average from 2969 schools:	15.6%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 2969 schools:	38.6%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 34.0%

This school:	34.0%
State average from 2969 schools:	28.3%

PSSA Writing Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Writing Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Writing : 115

Scoring below basic (%) - Writing: 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 2684 schools:	1.2%

Scoring basic (%) - Writing: 26.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	26.0%
State average from 2684 schools:	31.6%

Scoring proficient (%) - Writing: 59.0%

Here:	59.0%
State average from 2684 schools:	61.7%

Scoring advanced (%) - Writing: 12.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	12.0%
State average from 2684 schools:	4.1%

2007 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 7:

PSSA Math Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Math Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Math : 63

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 12.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	12.0%
State average from 848 schools:	20.0%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 848 schools:	15.9%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 36.0%

Here:	36.0%
State average from 848 schools:	26.0%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 47.0%

Here:	47.0%
State average from 848 schools:	36.3%

PSSA Reading Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Reading Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Reading : 63

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 12.0%

This school:	12.0%
State average from 848 schools:	17.6%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 17.0%

This school:	17.0%
State average from 848 schools:	18.5%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 31.0%

This school:	31.0%
State average from 848 schools:	29.8%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 38.0%

Here:	38.0%
State average from 848 schools:	32.3%

2007 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 8:

PSSA Math Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Math Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Math : 61

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 14.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	14.0%
State average from 844 schools:	18.5%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 8.0%

This school:	8.0%
State average from 844 schools:	16.4%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 36.0%

Here:	36.0%
State average from 844 schools:	27.5%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 41.0%

This school:	41.0%
State average from 844 schools:	35.9%

PSSA Reading Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Reading Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Reading : 61

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 11.0%

Here:	11.0%
State average from 844 schools:	13.2%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 11.0%

This school:	11.0%
State average from 844 schools:	14.0%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 29.0%

Here:	29.0%
State average from 844 schools:	30.3%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 47.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	47.0%
State average from 844 schools:	40.8%

PSSA Writing Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Writing Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Writing : 61

Scoring below basic (%) - Writing: 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 843 schools:	2.8%

Scoring basic (%) - Writing: 14.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	14.0%
State average from 843 schools:	28.1%

Scoring proficient (%) - Writing: 57.0%

Here:	57.0%
State average from 843 schools:	59.0%

Scoring advanced (%) - Writing: 23.0%

This school:	23.0%
State average from 843 schools:	8.5%

2007 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 11:

PSSA Math Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Math Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Math : 55

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 36.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	36.0%
State average from 656 schools:	27.9%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 14.0%

Here:	14.0%
State average from 656 schools:	20.8%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 36.0%

This school:	36.0%
State average from 656 schools:	28.9%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 656 schools:	20.6%

PSSA Reading Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Reading Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Reading : 55

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 29.0%

This school:	29.0%
State average from 656 schools:	19.9%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 23.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	23.0%
State average from 656 schools:	16.1%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 656 schools:	36.7%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 16.0%

Here:	16.0%
State average from 656 schools:	25.6%

PSSA Writing Results - Benton Area Mshs School

PSSA Writing Results - Pennsylvania

Students tested - Writing : 54

Scoring basic (%) - Writing: 38.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	38.0%
State average from 656 schools:	11.7%

Scoring proficient (%) - Writing: 61.0%

Here:	61.0%
State average from 656 schools:	80.2%

2006 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 7:

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 11.0%

Here:	11.0%
State average from 815 schools:	18.5%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 16.0%

Here:	16.0%
State average from 815 schools:	17.3%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 38.0%

This school:	38.0%
State average from 815 schools:	29.4%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 33.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	33.0%
State average from 815 schools:	33.1%

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 12.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	12.0%
State average from 815 schools:	15.5%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 815 schools:	18.4%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 50.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	50.0%
State average from 815 schools:	33.1%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 32.0%

Here:	32.0%
State average from 815 schools:	31.2%

2006 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 8:

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 15.0%

Here:	15.0%
State average from 809 schools:	20.1%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 9.0%

This school:	9.0%
State average from 809 schools:	19.7%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 32.0%

Here:	32.0%
State average from 809 schools:	25.7%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 42.0%

This school:	42.0%
State average from 809 schools:	32.8%

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 9.0%

Here:	9.0%
State average from 809 schools:	17.3%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 809 schools:	14.0%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 809 schools:	27.4%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 53.0%

Here:	53.0%
State average from 809 schools:	39.6%

Students tested - Writing : 64

Scoring basic (%) - Writing: 57.0%

This school:	57.0%
State average from 807 schools:	33.3%

Scoring proficient (%) - Writing: 42.0%

Here:	42.0%
State average from 807 schools:	57.8%

2006 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 11:

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 647 schools:	32.2%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 9.0%

Here:	9.0%
State average from 647 schools:	18.2%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 34.0%

Here:	34.0%
State average from 647 schools:	23.4%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 647 schools:	24.5%

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 11.0%

Here:	11.0%
State average from 648 schools:	19.4%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 20.0%

Here:	20.0%
State average from 648 schools:	16.8%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 51.0%

Here:	51.0%
State average from 648 schools:	33.6%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 16.0%

Here:	16.0%
State average from 648 schools:	28.4%

Students tested - Writing : 45

Scoring basic (%) - Writing: 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 647 schools:	13.7%

Scoring proficient (%) - Writing: 91.0%

Here:	91.0%
State average from 647 schools:	70.7%

Scoring advanced (%) - Writing: 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 647 schools:	13.1%

2005 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 8:

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 18.4%

This school:	18.4%
State average from 779 schools:	20.0%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 19.7%

Here:	19.7%
State average from 779 schools:	19.0%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 18.4%

Here:	18.4%
State average from 779 schools:	27.0%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 43.4%

Here:	43.4%
State average from 779 schools:	34.1%

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 14.5%

Here:	14.5%
State average from 779 schools:	20.4%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 14.5%

Here:	14.5%
State average from 779 schools:	17.2%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 31.6%

Here:	31.6%
State average from 779 schools:	31.0%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 39.5%

Here:	39.5%
State average from 779 schools:	31.4%

2005 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 11:

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 27.8%

Here:	27.8%
State average from 631 schools:	31.3%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 18.5%

Here:	18.5%
State average from 631 schools:	19.9%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 37.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	37.0%
State average from 631 schools:	25.1%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 16.7%

Here:	16.7%
State average from 631 schools:	23.8%

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 18.5%

Here:	18.5%
State average from 631 schools:	21.9%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 20.4%

Here:	20.4%
State average from 631 schools:	13.4%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 42.6%

Benton Area Mshs School:	42.6%
State average from 631 schools:	32.4%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 18.5%

Here:	18.5%
State average from 631 schools:	32.2%

Scoring below basic (%) - Writing: 19.6%

Benton Area Mshs School:	19.6%
State average from 632 schools:	15.0%

Scoring basic (%) - Writing: 17.9%

Here:	17.9%
State average from 632 schools:	16.5%

Scoring proficient (%) - Writing: 60.7%

Here:	60.7%
State average from 632 schools:	63.5%

Scoring advanced (%) - Writing: 1.8%

Here:	1.8%
State average from 632 schools:	5.0%

2003 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 8:

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 24.6%

This school:	24.6%
State average from 735 schools:	27.5%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 24.6%

Here:	24.6%
State average from 735 schools:	23.1%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 37.7%

Benton Area Mshs School:	37.7%
State average from 735 schools:	31.8%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 13.1%

Here:	13.1%
State average from 735 schools:	17.6%

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 8.2%

This school:	8.2%
State average from 736 schools:	18.2%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 27.9%

Here:	27.9%
State average from 736 schools:	20.0%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 44.3%

Here:	44.3%
State average from 736 schools:	37.8%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 19.7%

Benton Area Mshs School:	19.7%
State average from 736 schools:	24.0%

2003 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) - Grade 11:

Scoring below basic (%) - Math: 24.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	24.0%
State average from 615 schools:	31.2%

Scoring basic (%) - Math: 24.0%

Here:	24.0%
State average from 615 schools:	21.9%

Scoring proficient (%) - Math: 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 615 schools:	26.3%

Scoring advanced (%) - Math: 22.0%

Benton Area Mshs School:	22.0%
State average from 615 schools:	20.6%

Scoring below basic (%) - Reading: 24.0%

Here:	24.0%
State average from 615 schools:	22.2%

Scoring basic (%) - Reading: 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 615 schools:	20.2%

Scoring proficient (%) - Reading: 42.0%

This school:	42.0%
State average from 615 schools:	39.4%

Scoring advanced (%) - Reading: 22.0%

Here:	22.0%
State average from 615 schools:	18.2%

2007 Post High School Activity Statistics :

PA Community College - Females : 4
PA State University - Females : 8
PA Private 4-Year College - Females : 4
PA Other Non-Degree - Females : 2
Blue Collar Worker - Females : 4
Service Worker - Females : 1

PA State University - Males : 9
PA Private 4-Year College - Males : 5
Military - Males : 1
Blue Collar Worker - Males : 7

2005 Post High School Activity Statistics :

PA Community College - Females : 3
PA State University - Females : 8
PA Private 4-Year College - Females : 6
PA Other Non-Degree - Females : 1
Non-PA 2-Year College - Females : 1
Non-PA 4-Year College - Females : 4
White Collar Worker - Females : 7

PA Community College - Males : 1
PA State University - Males : 5
PA State Related University - Males : 1
PA Private 4-Year College - Males : 2
Non-PA 4-Year College - Males : 1
White Collar Worker - Males : 12

2004 Post High School Activity Statistics :

PA Community College - Females : 4
PA Private 2-Year College - Females : 1
PA State University - Females : 4
PA Private 4-Year College - Females : 3
PA Other Postsecondary Degree - Females : 1
Non-PA 4-Year College - Females : 2
Blue Collar Worker - Females : 2
Service Worker - Females : 3
Unknown - Females : 1

PA Community College - Males : 3
PA Private 2-Year College - Males : 2
PA State University - Males : 4
PA State Related University - Males : 1
PA Private 4-Year College - Males : 9
Non-PA 2-Year College - Males : 2
Non-PA 4-Year College - Males : 1
Military - Males : 1
Blue Collar Worker - Males : 2
Unknown - Males : 2

2003 Post High School Activity Statistics :

PA Community College - Females : 4
PA State University - Females : 7
PA State Related University - Females : 1
PA Private 4-Year College - Females : 6
PA Other Postsecondary Degree - Females : 2
Non-PA 2-Year College - Females : 1
Military - Females : 2
Blue Collar Worker - Females : 2
Service Worker - Females : 1

PA Community College - Males : 2
PA State University - Males : 2
PA State Related University - Males : 1
PA Private 4-Year College - Males : 3
PA Other Postsecondary Degree - Males : 1
Non-PA 4-Year College - Males : 1
Military - Males : 3
Blue Collar Worker - Males : 3

2002 Post High School Activity Statistics :

PA Community College - Females : 1
PA State University - Females : 7
PA State Related University - Females : 2
PA Private 4-Year College - Females : 2
Homemaker - Females : 1
Military - Females : 1
White Collar Worker - Females : 1
Blue Collar Worker - Females : 6

PA Community College - Males : 1
PA State University - Males : 9
PA Private 4-Year College - Males : 2
Non-PA 4-Year College - Males : 1
Blue Collar Worker - Males : 7

2001 Post High School Activity Statistics :

PA Community College - Females : 5
PA State University - Females : 6
PA State Related University - Females : 7
PA Private 4-Year College - Females : 4
PA Other Non-Degree - Females : 1
Non-PA 2-Year College - Females : 1
Blue Collar Worker - Females : 1
Service Worker - Females : 2

PA Community College - Males : 6
PA State University - Males : 2
PA State Related University - Males : 2
PA Other Postsecondary Degree - Males : 1
PA Other Non-Degree - Males : 2
Non-PA 4-Year College - Males : 2
Military - Males : 3
Blue Collar Worker - Males : 5
Service Worker - Males : 3
Unemployed - Males : 1

2000 Post High School Activity Statistics :

PA Community College - Females : 4
PA State University - Females : 5
PA State Related University - Females : 1
PA Private 4-Year College - Females : 7
PA Other Non-Degree - Females : 3
Non-PA 4-Year College - Females : 4
Homemaker - Females : 2
Military - Females : 1
Blue Collar Worker - Females : 4

PA Community College - Males : 2
PA State University - Males : 2
PA State Related University - Males : 1
PA Private 4-Year College - Males : 3
PA Other Non-Degree - Males : 3
Military - Males : 4
Blue Collar Worker - Males : 6

1999 Post High School Activity Statistics :

PA Community College - Females : 4
PA State University - Females : 5
PA State Related University - Females : 1
PA Private 4-Year College - Females : 7
PA Other Non-Degree - Females : 3
Non-PA 4-Year College - Females : 4
Homemaker - Females : 2
Military - Females : 1
Blue Collar Worker - Females : 4

PA Community College - Males : 2
PA State University - Males : 2
PA State Related University - Males : 1
PA Private 4-Year College - Males : 3
PA Other Non-Degree - Males : 3
Military - Males : 4
Blue Collar Worker - Males : 6