Pathfinder Voc Tech School in Palmer, Massachusetts (MA)

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240 SYKES STREET
Palmer, MA 1069

County name: Hampden
School type: Vocational School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (413) 283-9701 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.187
Longitude: -072.348420

Enrollment in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

2007 Student Enrollment: 661
9th grade Enrollment : 185
10th grade Enrollment : 169
11th grade Enrollment : 166
12th grade Enrollment : 132
Special grade Enrollment : 9

Male students (%): 60.8%

This school:	60.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 39.2%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	39.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 92.7%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	92.7%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 0.8%

This school:	0.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 0.3%

This school:	0.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.50%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	0.50%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.19%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 5.0%

Here:	5.0%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

Genders in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Grades in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Races in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 2
Special Education # : 230
Low-Income # : 211
Free Lunch # : 148
Reduced Lunch # : 63

First Language Not English %: 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Special Education %: 34.8%

Here:	34.8%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 31.9%

This school:	31.9%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 22.4%

Here:	22.4%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 9.5%

Here:	9.5%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 669
9th grade Enrollment : 177
10th grade Enrollment : 176
11th grade Enrollment : 150
12th grade Enrollment : 154
Special grade Enrollment : 12

Male students (%): 60.8%

Here:	60.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 39.2%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	39.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 94.0%

This school:	94.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 2.1%

Here:	2.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 0.1%

Here:	0.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.40%

Here:	0.40%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 2.8%

This school:	2.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

Genders in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Grades in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Races in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 1
Special Education # : 209
Low-Income # : 195

First Language Not English %: 0.1%

Here:	0.1%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Special Education %: 31.2%

Here:	31.2%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 29.1%

Here:	29.1%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 668
9th grade Enrollment : 184
10th grade Enrollment : 167
11th grade Enrollment : 165
12th grade Enrollment : 138
Special grade Enrollment : 14

White students (%): 97.0%

This school:	97.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 1.3%

Here:	1.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.70%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	0.70%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 63.0%

Here:	63.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 37.0%

Here:	37.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Races in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Special Education # : 182
Low-Income # : 165

Special Education %: 27.2%

Here:	27.2%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 24.7%

Here:	24.7%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 651
9th grade Enrollment : 177
10th grade Enrollment : 158
11th grade Enrollment : 144
12th grade Enrollment : 130
Special grade Enrollment : 42

White students (%): 97.4%

Here:	97.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 0.6%

This school:	0.6%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 1.5%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	1.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 0.2%

This school:	0.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.30%

Here:	0.30%
State average from 1729 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 63.1%

Here:	63.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 36.9%

This school:	36.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Races in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Special Education # : 191
Low-Income # : 168

Special Education %: 29.3%

Here:	29.3%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 25.8%

Here:	25.8%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 665
9th grade Enrollment : 174
10th grade Enrollment : 172
11th grade Enrollment : 164
12th grade Enrollment : 155

White students (%): 97.3%

Here:	97.3%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native American students (%): 0.50%

This school:	0.50%
State average from 1634 schools:	0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 63.2%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	63.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 36.8%

This school:	36.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Races in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Low-Income # : 144

Low-Income %: 21.7%

Here:	21.7%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 503
10th grade Enrollment : 273
11th grade Enrollment : 210
12th grade Enrollment : 11
Special grade Enrollment : 9

White students (%): 98.9%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	98.9%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 0.9%

This school:	0.9%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 0.2%

This school:	0.2%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 63.3%

Here:	63.3%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 36.7%

Here:	36.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Races in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Low-Income # : 116

Low-Income %: 21.2%

Here:	21.2%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 645
10th grade Enrollment : 171
11th grade Enrollment : 179
12th grade Enrollment : 176
Special grade Enrollment : 119

White students (%): 98.3%

This school:	98.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 1.2%

This school:	1.2%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 0.2%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	0.2%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 65.4%

Here:	65.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 34.6%

This school:	34.6%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Races in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Low-Income # : 135

Low-Income %: 20.9%

Here:	20.9%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 30
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 33

Average number of Absences: 7.9

Here:	7.9
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 95.5%

Here:	95.5%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 4.5%

Here:	4.5%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 5.0%

This school:	5.0%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 7.9
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 35

Average number of Absences: 20.0

Here:	20.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 3.0%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	3.0%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 95.4%

Here:	95.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 5.2%

Here:	5.2%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 8.6
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 22

Average number of Absences: 26.0

This school:	26.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.8%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	94.8%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 3.3%

Here:	3.3%
State average from 663 schools:	6.2%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.4
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 22

Average number of Absences: 17.0

Here:	17.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 2.8%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	2.8%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.7%

Here:	93.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 3.4%

Here:	3.4%
State average from 629 schools:	6.6%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9.5
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 32

Average number of Absences: 19.0

This school:	19.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 2.9%

Here:	2.9%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.4%

Here:	94.4%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 4.8%

Here:	4.8%
State average from 742 schools:	6.8%

Teacher Count in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 79
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 28

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 8.3

This school:	8.3
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 80
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 27

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 8.4

Here:	8.4
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 71
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 27

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 96.3%

Here:	96.3%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.4

Here:	9.4
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 76
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 32

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 90.1%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	90.1%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 8.6

Here:	8.6
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 34

Reading: 456.0

Here:	456.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 413.0

Here:	413.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 451.0

Here:	451.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 24

Reading: 452.0

This school:	452.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 438.0

This school:	438.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 448.0

Here:	448.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 426.0

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	426.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 423.0

This school:	423.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 20.0

Here:	20.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Pathfinder Voc Tech School

2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 158
Warning / Failing - English : 20
Needs Improvement - English : 80
Proficiency - English : 57
Advanced - English : 1

Students Tested - Math : 156
Warning / Failing - Math : 30
Needs Improvement - Math : 72
Proficiency - Math : 43
Advanced - Math : 11

MCAS English Results - Pathfinder Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 80.4

This school:	80.4
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 13.0%

Here:	13.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 51.0%

Here:	51.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 36.0%

This school:	36.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Pathfinder Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 74.4

Here:	74.4
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 19.0%

This school:	19.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 46.0%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	46.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 7.0%

Here:	7.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

2006 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 153
Warning / Failing - English : 13
Needs Improvement - English : 78
Proficiency - English : 61
Advanced - English : 1

Students Tested - Math : 153
Warning / Failing - Math : 18
Needs Improvement - Math : 70
Proficiency - Math : 46
Advanced - Math : 19

MCAS English Results - Pathfinder Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 77.8

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	77.8
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 51.0%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	51.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 40.0%

This school:	40.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 1.0%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	1.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Pathfinder Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 74.7

Here:	74.7
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 46.0%

Here:	46.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 12.0%

This school:	12.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

2004 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 155
Warning / Failing - English : 24
Needs Improvement - English : 97
Proficiency - English : 26
Advanced - English : 8

Students Tested - Math : 443
Warning / Failing - Math : 44
Needs Improvement - Math : 126
Proficiency - Math : 223
Advanced - Math : 50

MCAS English Results - Pathfinder Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 63.1

Here:	63.1
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 15.0%

Here:	15.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 63.0%

This school:	63.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 17.0%

This school:	17.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 5.0%

Here:	5.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Pathfinder Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 82.6

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	82.6
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 10.0%

Here:	10.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 50.0%

Here:	50.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 11.0%

Here:	11.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

2003 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 145
Warning / Failing - English : 24
Needs Improvement - English : 85
Proficiency - English : 36

Students Tested - Math : 147
Warning / Failing - Math : 41
Needs Improvement - Math : 69
Proficiency - Math : 35
Advanced - Math : 2

MCAS English Results - Pathfinder Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 65.0

Here:	65.0
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 17.0%

Here:	17.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 59.0%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	59.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

MCAS Math Results - Pathfinder Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 60.4

Here:	60.4
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 47.0%

Here:	47.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 24.0%

Pathfinder Voc Tech School:	24.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

2007 Participation - All students - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 158
Standard Assessment : 143
Alternate Assessment : 15