Camp Hill High School
| Camp Hill High School | |
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 Camp Hill High School
Camp Hill High School
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| 100 S 24th St. Camp Hill, PA |
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| School type | Public |
| Established | 1907 |
| School district | Camp Hill School District |
| CEEB code | 390-525 |
| Principal | Mark Ziegler |
| Color(s) | Navy blue, white |
Camp Hill High School is a coeducational public high school located in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Camp Hill School District and is the smallest public high school in Cumberland County. It is located approximately ten minutes from the city of Harrisburg. It was founded in 1907 and has an enrollment of approximately 352 students in ninth through twelfth grades. As part of an unusually small school district, with fewer than 100 students in recent graduating classes. The high school's enrollment is projected to continue to decline through 2018. The High School shares a building with Camp Hill Middle School, although classes, teachers, and even administrators are mostly separate.
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. 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. Camp Hill High School was ranked silver. Seventy Pennsylvania high schools achieved ranking bronze, silver or gold rating. Fifteen Pennsylvania high schools achieved silver. The school has produced one Nobel laureate.
In 2011, the graduation rate declined to 97%. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Camp Hill High School's rate was 95% for 2010.
In 2011 and 2010, the Camp Hill Senior High School achieved AYP status.
According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 24% of Camp Hill 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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