Beaver Falls High School

Beaver Falls High School
Beaver Falls High School
Location
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania United States Beaver County
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Big Beaver Falls Area School District
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	558 pupils in 2011
• Grade 8	116
• Grade 9	110
• Grade 10	139
• Grade 11	139
• Grade 12	140
Color(s)	Orange & Black
Mascot	Fighting Tigers
Website	http://www.tigerweb.k12.pa.us/bfhs/index.htm

Beaver Falls High School, is a public high school located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the sole high school for the Big Beaver Falls Area School District. Beaver Falls High School provides grades 9th through 12th. The total school enrollment is 562 students in 2010, with 330 students eligible for a free or reduced rice lunch due to family poverty. At Beaver Falls High School, the student body demographics were 52 percent male and 48 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 28 percent in 2010.

The school employed 45 teachers yielding a student teacher ratio of 12:1 in 2010. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 9 teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind. The school's mascot is the Tiger.

In 2011, the graduation rate was 93%. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Big Beaver Falls High School's rate was 82.71% for 2010.

In 2012, Beaver Falls High School ranked 90th out of 123 high schools in the western Pennsylvania region by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on five years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing math and three years of science.

In 2012, Beaver Falls High School achieved AYP status. In 2011, the school was in Warning status due to lagging achievement in reading and math.

11th Grade Science:

In 2009, US News and World report ranked 21,000 public high schools, in the United States, based on three factors. First, the schools were analyzed for the number of students who achieved above the state average on the reading and math tests in 2008. Then they considered how the economically disadvantaged students performed against the state average. Finally, they considered the participation rate and the performance of students in college readiness by examining Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate test data. Seventy Pennsylvania high schools achieved ranking bronze, silver or gold rating. Fifty three Pennsylvania high schools achieved bronze. Beaver Falls High School achieved Bronze ranking. Two high schools in Beaver County achieved inclusion in the ranking. After 2009, the school was not recognized by US News & World Report in the ranking in 2010, 2011, or 2012.