Pittsfield High School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (MA)

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300 EAST STREET
Pittsfield, MA 1201

County name: Berkshire
School type: Regular School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (413) 499-9535 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.447
Longitude: -073.247950

Enrollment in Pittsfield High School

2007 Student Enrollment: 998
9th grade Enrollment : 297
10th grade Enrollment : 265
11th grade Enrollment : 234
12th grade Enrollment : 202

Male students (%): 47.0%

Here:	47.0%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 53.0%

Here:	53.0%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 83.3%

Pittsfield High School:	83.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 7.6%

Pittsfield High School:	7.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 6.4%

Pittsfield High School:	6.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 1.8%

Here:	1.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Pittsfield High School:	0.20%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

Genders in Pittsfield High School

Grades in Pittsfield High School

Races in Pittsfield High School

First Language Not English # : 68
Limited English Proficient # : 47
Special Education # : 213
Low-Income # : 326
Free Lunch # : 245
Reduced Lunch # : 81

First Language Not English %: 6.8%

Pittsfield High School:	6.8%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 4.7%

Here:	4.7%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 21.3%

Pittsfield High School:	21.3%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 32.7%

This school:	32.7%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 24.5%

Here:	24.5%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 8.1%

Here:	8.1%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 965
9th grade Enrollment : 308
10th grade Enrollment : 263
11th grade Enrollment : 215
12th grade Enrollment : 179

Male students (%): 48.6%

This school:	48.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 51.4%

Here:	51.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 84.8%

Here:	84.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 6.6%

Pittsfield High School:	6.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 6.2%

Pittsfield High School:	6.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 1.8%

Here:	1.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

Genders in Pittsfield High School

Grades in Pittsfield High School

Races in Pittsfield High School

First Language Not English # : 57
Limited English Proficient # : 39
Special Education # : 191
Low-Income # : 305

First Language Not English %: 5.9%

This school:	5.9%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 1328 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 19.8%

Here:	19.8%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 31.6%

Here:	31.6%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 909
9th grade Enrollment : 280
10th grade Enrollment : 212
11th grade Enrollment : 234
12th grade Enrollment : 183

White students (%): 87.7%

Here:	87.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 5.7%

Here:	5.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 4.8%

Here:	4.8%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 1.5%

Pittsfield High School:	1.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

This school:	0.20%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.7%

Here:	49.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.3%

Here:	50.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Pittsfield High School

Races in Pittsfield High School

First Language Not English # : 46
Limited English Proficient # : 39
Special Education # : 163
Low-Income # : 216

First Language Not English %: 5.1%

Pittsfield High School:	5.1%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 4.3%

This school:	4.3%
State average from 1217 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 17.9%

Here:	17.9%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 23.8%

Here:	23.8%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 891
9th grade Enrollment : 282
10th grade Enrollment : 202
11th grade Enrollment : 244
12th grade Enrollment : 163

White students (%): 88.7%

Here:	88.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 6.2%

Here:	6.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 2.9%

Here:	2.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1729 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 47.7%

Here:	47.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 52.3%

Pittsfield High School:	52.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Pittsfield High School

Races in Pittsfield High School

First Language Not English # : 33
Limited English Proficient # : 23
Special Education # : 148
Low-Income # : 203

First Language Not English %: 3.7%

Here:	3.7%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Limited English Proficient %: 2.6%

Here:	2.6%
State average from 1098 schools:	7.7%

Special Education %: 16.6%

This school:	16.6%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 22.8%

Here:	22.8%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 880
9th grade Enrollment : 273
10th grade Enrollment : 256
11th grade Enrollment : 199
12th grade Enrollment : 152

White students (%): 90.5%

Pittsfield High School:	90.5%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 4.2%

Here:	4.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 3.2%

Pittsfield High School:	3.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 1.9%

Pittsfield High School:	1.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1634 schools:	0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 47.6%

This school:	47.6%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 52.4%

Here:	52.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Pittsfield High School

Races in Pittsfield High School

First Language Not English # : 29
Limited English Proficient # : 18
Low-Income # : 154

First Language Not English %: 3.3%

Here:	3.3%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 2.0%

This school:	2.0%
State average from 950 schools:	8.4%

Low-Income %: 17.4%

Here:	17.4%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 866
10th grade Enrollment : 303
11th grade Enrollment : 212
12th grade Enrollment : 187
Special grade Enrollment : 164

White students (%): 93.0%

Here:	93.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 2.8%

Here:	2.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 1.3%

Here:	1.3%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.7%

Here:	49.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.3%

Here:	50.3%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Pittsfield High School

Races in Pittsfield High School

First Language Not English # : 5
Limited English Proficient # : 1
Low-Income # : 140

First Language Not English %: 0.6%

Pittsfield High School:	0.6%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.1%

Here:	0.1%
State average from 887 schools:	7.9%

Low-Income %: 16.1%

Here:	16.1%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 760
10th grade Enrollment : 258
11th grade Enrollment : 160
12th grade Enrollment : 165
Special grade Enrollment : 177

White students (%): 91.7%

This school:	91.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 3.8%

Here:	3.8%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 2.5%

Here:	2.5%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 45.5%

This school:	45.5%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 54.5%

This school:	54.5%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Pittsfield High School

Races in Pittsfield High School

First Language Not English # : 9
Limited English Proficient # : 6
Low-Income # : 124

First Language Not English %: 1.2%

Here:	1.2%
State average from 1347 schools:	14.1%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 834 schools:	7.7%

Low-Income %: 16.3%

This school:	16.3%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

Out-of-School Suspensions count : 144

Average number of Absences: 11.4

Here:	11.4
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 93.1%

This school:	93.1%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 14.4%

Pittsfield High School:	14.4%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 11.4

Average number of Absences: 59.0

Here:	59.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 6.1%

Pittsfield High School:	6.1%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.0%

Here:	93.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 14.3

Average number of Absences: 67.0

Here:	67.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 7.4%

Here:	7.4%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 91.3%

Pittsfield High School:	91.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 15.4

Average number of Absences: 56.0

Here:	56.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 6.3%

This school:	6.3%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 90.8%

This school:	90.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 18.1

Average number of Absences: 77.0

Here:	77.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 8.8%

This school:	8.8%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 89.1%

Here:	89.1%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Teacher Count in Pittsfield High School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Pittsfield High School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 81
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 59

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 94.1%

Here:	94.1%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 97.3%

This school:	97.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.3

Here:	12.3
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 79
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 60

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 96.2%

Pittsfield High School:	96.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 90.8%

Here:	90.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.3

This school:	12.3
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 75
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 52

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 93.7%

Here:	93.7%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 91.9%

This school:	91.9%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.2

This school:	12.2
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 67
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 51

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 92.7%

This school:	92.7%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 98.1%

Here:	98.1%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.3

Here:	13.3
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Pittsfield High School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 123

Reading: 504.0

Here:	504.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 496.0

Pittsfield High School:	496.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 504.0

Here:	504.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 132

Reading: 514.0

Pittsfield High School:	514.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 516.0

Here:	516.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 506.0

Pittsfield High School:	506.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 532.0

Here:	532.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 522.0

Here:	522.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 127.0

Here:	127.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Pittsfield High School

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

Students Tested - English : 224
Warning / Failing - English : 16
Needs Improvement - English : 62
Proficiency - English : 114
Advanced - English : 32

Students Tested - Math : 222
Warning / Failing - Math : 24
Needs Improvement - Math : 68
Proficiency - Math : 63
Advanced - Math : 67

MCAS English Results - Pittsfield High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 85.3

This school:	85.3
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 7.0%

This school:	7.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 28.0%

This school:	28.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 51.0%

This school:	51.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 14.0%

Here:	14.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Pittsfield High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 81.9

Here:	81.9
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 11.0%

This school:	11.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 31.0%

This school:	31.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 28.0%

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

Advanced - Math (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

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

Students Tested - English : 201
Warning / Failing - English : 25
Needs Improvement - English : 60
Proficiency - English : 80
Advanced - English : 36

Students Tested - Math : 202
Warning / Failing - Math : 31
Needs Improvement - Math : 60
Proficiency - Math : 63
Advanced - Math : 48

MCAS English Results - Pittsfield High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 80.8

Pittsfield High School:	80.8
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 12.0%

This school:	12.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 40.0%

Here:	40.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 18.0%

Here:	18.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Pittsfield High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 77.2

Here:	77.2
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 15.0%

Here:	15.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 24.0%

Here:	24.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

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

Students Tested - English : 188
Warning / Failing - English : 34
Needs Improvement - English : 71
Proficiency - English : 43
Advanced - English : 40

Students Tested - Math : 222
Warning / Failing - Math : 17
Needs Improvement - Math : 71
Proficiency - Math : 114
Advanced - Math : 20

MCAS English Results - Pittsfield High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 73.7

Here:	73.7
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 18.0%

This school:	18.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 38.0%

Here:	38.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 23.0%

Here:	23.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 21.0%

Pittsfield High School:	21.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Pittsfield High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 83.2

Here:	83.2
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 32.0%

Here:	32.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 51.0%

Here:	51.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 9.0%

Here:	9.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

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

Students Tested - English : 207
Warning / Failing - English : 20
Needs Improvement - English : 70
Proficiency - English : 85
Advanced - English : 32

Students Tested - Math : 208
Warning / Failing - Math : 34
Needs Improvement - Math : 78
Proficiency - Math : 59
Advanced - Math : 37

MCAS English Results - Pittsfield High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 79.2

Here:	79.2
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 10.0%

Here:	10.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 34.0%

Here:	34.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 41.0%

Here:	41.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 15.0%

Here:	15.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

MCAS Math Results - Pittsfield High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 73.6

This school:	73.6
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 16.0%

Here:	16.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 38.0%

Here:	38.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 18.0%

Here:	18.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

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

Enrollment : 235
Standard Assessment : 219
Alternate Assessment : 5
After October : 11