Bangor Area High School

Bangor Area High School is a four-year public high school located in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Bangor Area School District. Its colors are maroon and white and its mascot is the Slater. As of 2016, it has a total enrollment of 998 students in grades 9–12.

In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Bangor Area School District's rate was 89% for 2010.

According to traditional graduation rate calculations:

Bangor Area School District School Board has determined that a student must earn 28 credits in order to graduate including: English 4 credits, Math 4 credits, Social Studies 4 credits, Science 3 credits, Health/Physical Education 3 credits, and Elective Courses 10 credits. A significant change in the Program of study begins with the Class of 2014. Fewer electives are permitted while 4 credits are required for science, a new technology requirement is added.

By law, all Pennsylvania high school students must complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district.

By Pennsylvania State School Board regulations, for the graduating classes of 2016, students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in Algebra I, Biology, English Composition, and Literature for which the Keystone Exams serve as the final course exams. Students’ Keystone Exam scores shall count for at least one-third of the final course grade.

Bangor Area High School is in School Improvement I due to chronic low student achievement. In 2009, the school was in School Improvement I. The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) requires schools not meeting AYP to complete and implement a school improvement plan which delineates strategic practices to raise the achievement levels of all students. The high school has developed a school improvement plan. The district is required to permit students to transfer to an achieving school within the district.

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 15% of Bangor Area High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading, before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.

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