Berwick Area Senior High School | |
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Address | |
1100 Fowler Avenue Berwick, Pennsylvania, Columbia County and Luzerne County 18603-2300 United States of America |
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Coordinates | 41°03′57″N 76°13′48″W / 41.065864°N 76.230002°WCoordinates: 41°03′57″N 76°13′48″W / 41.065864°N 76.230002°W |
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Status | Open |
School district | Berwick Area School District |
Superintendent | Mr. Wayne D. Brookhart salary $126,413 (2012), $139,370 (2013) contract July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018 |
CEEB code | 390290 |
Dean | Amy Melchiorre |
Principal |
Robert Croop $79,831 (2012), $84,872 (2013) |
Staff | 9 |
Faculty | 76 FTE 2012 |
Grades | 9 to 12 |
Pupils |
767 pupils (2015) |
• Grade 9 | 190 (2014), 207 (2012), 277 (2006) |
• Grade 10 | 197 (2014), 224 (2012), 252 (2006) |
• Grade 11 | 224 (2014), 212 (2012), 236 (2006) |
• Grade 12 | 204 (2014), 239 (2012), 220 (2006) |
Student to teacher ratio | 11:1 |
Color(s) | |
Athletics conference | Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association AAA |
Mascot | Bulldog |
Nickname | Dawgs |
Team name | Bulldogs |
Budget | $11.8M |
Feeder schools | Berwick Middle School |
Pennsylvania School Number | 1605 |
Website | http://www.berwicksd.org/highschool |
Robert Croop $79,831 (2012), $84,872 (2013)
767 pupils (2015)
882 pupils (2012)
992 pupils (2008)
Berwick Area Senior High School (also called Berwick Area High School, Berwick High School or BHS) is a small, rural, public high school in Columbia County, in Northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. In Columbia County, the school serves children living in: Briar Creek Township Briar Creek, Berwick and Foundryville. The school also serves children living in: East Berwick, Nescopeck, Nescopeck Township, Hollenback Township, Salem Township in Luzerne County. The school is the only public high school in the Berwick Area School District.
Berwick Area High School students may choose to attend Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School for training in the construction and mechanical trades as well as other careers. The Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit IU16 provides the District with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.
In 2015, Berwick Area Senior HIgh School enrollment had declined further to 767 pupils. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the school continued to employ 2% of the teachers who were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In 2012, the School's enrollment declined to 882 pupils while the faculty increased to 76. In 2012, according to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 5 teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind. In 2010, the school had 969 students grades 9th through 12th, with 359 students eligible for a federal free or reduced-price lunch due to family poverty. In 2010, the school employed 75 teachers, yielding a student–teacher ratio of 13:1. In 2008, Berwick Area Senior High School had 992 students and 73 FTE teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio at Berwick Senior High School was 13.5:1, as compared to the state average of 16:1.