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Newport High School is a diminutive, rural, public high school located in Newport, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Newport School District. Newport High School serves: the borough of Newport; Buffalo Township, Howe Township, Juniata Township, Miller Township, and Oliver Township. In 2014, enrollment is 302 pupils 9th through 12th, with 39% of eligible for a free or reduced priced lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 23.8% receive special education services, while 3.3% are identified as gifted. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The Building's construction was finished in 2008. The third floor of the school houses the District's middle school. The other two floors are for the high school, including the new gym. In 2013, enrollment was reported as 333 pupils in 9th through 12th grades, with 33% of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 22% of pupils received special education services, while 3% of pupils were identified as gifted. The school employed 27 teachers.〔US News and World Report, Best High Schools, 2013〕 Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified". According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2010, Newport High School reported an enrollment of 361 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 129 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced-price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. The school employed 25 teachers, yielding a student–teacher ratio of 14:1.〔National Center for Education Statistics, Common Care Data - High School, 2010〕 According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified".〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, Professional Qualifications of Teachers Newport High School 2012, September 21, 2012〕 ;Opportunity Scholarship - lowest achieving schools: In January 2011, the Pennsylvania Department of Education identified Newport High as in the bottom 5% of the state's public schools, for student academic achievement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania Bottom 5% Persistently Low Achieving Schools 2010-2011 )〕 Parents and students may be eligible for scholarships to transfer to another public or nonpublic school through the state's Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program passed in June 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program FAQ )〕 The scholarships are limited to those students whose family's income is less than $60,000 annually, with another $12,000 allowed per dependent. Maximum scholarship award is $8,500, with special education students receiving up to $15,000 for a year's tuition. Parents pay any difference between the scholarship amount and the receiving school's tuition rate. Students may seek admission to neighboring public school districts. Each year the PDE publishes the tuition rate for each individual public school district.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tuition rate Fiscal Year 2011-2012 )〕 Fifty-three public schools in Allegheny County are among the lowest-achieving schools in 2011. According to the report, parents in 414 public schools (74 school districts) were offered access to these scholarships. For the 2012-13 school year, nine public school districts in Pennsylvania had all of their schools placed on the list including: Steelton-Highspire School District, Sto-Rox School District, Chester Upland School District, Clairton City School District, Duquesne City School District, Farrell Area School District, Wilkinsburg Borough School District, William Penn School District and Steelton-Highspire School District.〔Olsen, Laura, State list of failing schools has 53 in county, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 26, 2012〕 In 2014, Monessen City School District had all three of its schools added to the list. Funding for the scholarships comes from donations by businesses which receive a state tax credit for donating. In 2014, Newport High School was removed from the low achievement list.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania Bottom 5% Persistently Low Achieving Schools 2014-2015 )〕 In a November 2010 report by the The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education, Newport High School was cited as the most regressed district in Pennsylvania on the 11th Grade Math PSSA from 2004 to 2010. The study found the 11th grade math average dropped almost 30 percentage points on the test. ==Graduation rate== In 2014, Newport School District's graduation rate increased to 91.76%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Newport School District Performance Profile 2014 )〕 In 2013, Newport School District's graduation rate increased to 90%.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, Newport School District Performance Profile 2013, October 4, 2014〕 In 2012, Newport High School's graduation rate declined to 80%. In 2011, the High School's graduation rate was 93%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Newport School District - School AYP Data Table )〕 In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Newport High School's rate was 82% for 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New 4-year Cohort Graduation Rate Calculation Now Being Implemented )〕 ;According to traditional graduation rate calculations: *2010 - 88% 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Newport High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2010 )〕 *2009 - 91% *2006 - 87% 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newport High School (Pennsylvania)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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