Brashear High School
| Brashear High School | |
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| Address | |
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590 Crane Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15216 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°25′08″N 80°01′05″W / 40.418856°N 80.018126°WCoordinates: 40°25′08″N 80°01′05″W / 40.418856°N 80.018126°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1976 |
| School district | Pittsburgh Public Schools |
| Principal | Kimberly Safran |
| Principal | Angel Washington |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,479 (February 2013) |
| Color(s) | Black and Vegas Gold |
| Mascot | Bulls |
| Website | School website |
Brashear High School is a large, urban, magnet, public school in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Brashear is one of four high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. In the 2010-2011 school year, the school had 1,214 pupils with 615 males and 566 females. It employed 87 teachers. Since then, the school has acquired students from the transition with Langley High School. It is currently the largest high school in the district, with approximately 1,480 students and 105 teachers. Free and reduced lunch eligible pupil numbered 788 in 2010.
The City of Pittsburgh neighborhoods which are served by Brashear High School are as follows: Banksville, Beechview, Brookline, Chartiers City, Crafton Heights, Duquesne Heights, East Carnegie, Elliot, Esplen, Fairywood, Mount Washington, Oakwood, Ridgemont, Sheriden, South Shore, Southside Flats, West End, Westwood, and Windgap.
In 2011, Brashear High School graduation rate was 90%. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Pittsburgh School District's rate was 69% for 2013.
Graduation rate:
In 2011, Brashear High School declined again to Corrective Action II 2nd Year status due to chronic, low student achievement. In 2011, Brashear High School declined to Corrective Action II 1st Year status due to continuing low student achievement. Since 2005, the school was mandated by No Child Left Behind to offer students the opportunity to transfer to a successful school in the Pittsburgh School District. Additionally, the Pennsylvania Department of Education required the school and district to develop a school improvement plan to raise student academic achievement. The plan had to be submitted to the state for approval. Statewide 23 schools have declined to Corrective action level 2 status in 2011. Brashear High School is one of 13 schools, in the Pittsburgh School District, that are in Corrective Action.
Brashear High School was ranked 108th out of 122 western Pennsylvania high schools, in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and three years of science PSSAs. The 2011 Guide to Western Pennsylvania Schools rates the academic performance of districts and schools within a seven-county area. The guide includes information on all public and private schools operating in the region. It includes Allegheny County, Washington County, Beaver County, Westmoreland County, Armstrong County, Fayette County and Butler County.
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