Brentwood High School (Pennsylvania)
| Brentwood High School | |
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3601 Brownsville Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15227 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School district | Brentwood Borough School District |
| Principal | Jason T. Olexa |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 434 (2009-10) |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Website | www |
Brentwood High School is a small, suburban high school located in Brentwood, Pennsylvania, United States, outside of Pittsburgh. It is part of the Brentwood Borough School District.
In 2010, the Brentwood Borough High School was ranked 34th out of 104 western Pennsylvania high schools, by the Pittsburgh Business Times, for academic achievement based on five years of the PSSAs on: reading, writing, math and three years of science. in 2010, the high school ranked 51st. In 2009, the high school ranked 25th out of 123 western Pennsylvania high schools.
In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Brentwood Borough School District's rate was 94% for 2010.
According to traditional graduation rate calculations:
The following statewide rankings (out of 676 public school districts) are based solely on the PSSA results of the high school's junior class:
In 2010 and 2009, the high school achieved AYP status.
11th Grade Science:
According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 35% of Brentwood Borough School District 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.
The Brentwood Borough School Board requires a minimum of 25 credits for a student to graduate including: English 4 credits, Graduation project 1 credit, Social Students 4 credits, Science 3 credits, Mathematics 4 credits, Arts/Humanities 2 credits, Health and PE. 1 and Electives 6 credits. Additionally, the board requires that the student achieve a score at the advanced or proficient levels on the writing, reading and mathematics assessments of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) administered in the eleventh grade.
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